Christopher Hitchens now knows better

Christopher Hitchens- eloquent apologist for those simultaneously oppressed and unpopular and, unfortunately, snarky atheist- is dead at 62. The author of God is Not Great suffered from esophageal cancer

I was never quite sure whether to admire or be horrified at the man. He was never afraid to "call 'em as he saw 'em," even if it meant being politically incorrect enough to view the Iraq war through the lenses of concern for the people of Iraq rather than Bush hatred. On the other hand, his view of religion as very nearly the root of all evil was to say the least extreme, and he was vehement in his denial of God. As  a Christian, I hope he had occasion to revise his views before finding out the hard way how very wrong he was about that last one.

One thing, in any case is clear: we're poorer for his absence. We need more people with his intellectual courage, even when they're wrong about the most basic things of all.

HT: Drudge