<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> I'll join Carrol and Thomas here. Hitch's drinking interests me as much as Bush's bladder or K's nose picking: not at all. And the small talk that revolves around this shit reminds me of chatter in the servants' quarters. Joanna Carrol Cox wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid432B643E.9986A1F4@ilstu.edu"> <pre wrap=""> Doug Henwood wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Thomas Seay wrote: No it's not the whole explanation by any means. But if you built a multivariable model to explain the decline of Hitchens, booze would have a very respectable t-statistic. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> The point I understood Thomas to be making (and it was the point of my last post) is why do you _want_ to explain the decline of Hitchens. As Thomas and I both suggested, perhaps personal acquaintances might be interested in that, but it is merely a personal matter, having no political relevance. Carrol </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Doug ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>