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Topic: Christopher Hitchens

Political philosopher Edmund Burke and American conservative author William F. Buckley Jr. | US President Donald Trumps supporters gather outside the Capitol building in Washington D.C., United States on January 06, 2021. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

There are no conservative intellectuals

Mike Lofgren
Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kristen Wiig, and Ellie Kemper in "Bridesmaids" (2011) (Universal Pictures)

Forget superheroes, "Bridesmaids" ruled

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Sam Harris; Milo Yiannopoulos (Simon & Schuster/Ray Garcia/AP/Seth Wenig/Salon)

How new atheism went alt-right

Émile P. Torres
Pope Francis, Bill Maher (AP/Reuters/Max Rossi/Janet Van Ham/Photo montage by Salon)

This is how religion fails

Rabbi Donniel Hartman
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Christopher Hitchens (Twelve Books)

Hitchens' last awkward years

Daniel Oppenheimer
Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump (AP/Scott Heppell/Photo montage by Salon)

Power of political converts

Elias Isquith
(AP/Fiona Hanson)

Dawkins' moralizing atheism

Hugh Aldersey-Williams
(AP/Richard Drew/Jacquelyn Martin)

Paglia takes on Stewart, Trump

David Daley
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(AP/Fiona Hanson/Andrew Medichini/Photo montage by Salon)

Is there a case for religion?

Michael Ruse
(Wikimedia/AP/Jose Luis Magana)

David Masciotra - Alternet
(Wikimedia/<a href='http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/02/04/oliver-sacks-on-memory-and-plagiarism/'>Maria Popova</a>)

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Barack Obama, speaking in front of the San Pedro Claver church in Cartagena, Colombia, April 15, 2012. (AP/Carolyn Kaster/Photo montage by Salon)

Faith-fueled forces of hatred

Jeffrey Tayler
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(Fox News)

Angry right's secret playbook

Edwin Lyngar
(Reuters/Chris Keane/AP/J. Scott Applewhite/HBO)

Religion's sinister fairy tale

Jeffrey Tayler
(AP/Janet Van Ham/Fiona Hanson/Marion Curtis/Photo montage by Salon)

We're going to end religion

Phil Zuckerman
Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton/ABC News/Reuters/Chris Keane)

Is mocking religion enough?

Richard Cimino, Christopher Smith
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Richard Dawkins, Reza Aslan, Sam Harris (Comedy Central/Malin Fezehai/HBO/Photo montage by Salon)

Aslan: Truth about New Atheism

Reza Aslan
(HBO/Malin Fezehai/AP/Akira Suemori)

Reza Aslan's atheism problem

Jeffrey Tayler
Richard Dawkins (Reuters/Chris Keane)

Dan Arel - Alternet
Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton/ABC News/Reuters/Chris Keane)

Atheism's white male problem

CJ Werleman
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Megyn Kelly, Sean Hannity, Mike Huckabee, Bill O'Reilly (Fox News)

Fox's "straight-up propaganda"

Joseph Heath
Christopher Hitchens (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

Valerie Tarico - Alternet
Joan Rivers (AP/Dan Hallman)

Death isn't a punishment

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(YouTube/IFC)

Prachi Gupta
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