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![Christopher Hitchens, polemicist and frequent radio and TV commentator, debates w[ith George Galloway, a member of the British parliament], in Baruch College in New York September 14, 2005. [Galloway kicked off a tour for his new book "Mr. Galloway Goes To Washington, The Brit Who Set Congress Straight About Iraq" in Boston.] (© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)](https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2010/06/christopher_hitchens.jpg "Hitchens' name-dropping charade")
