Ben Burgis and Current Affairs "House Economist" Rob Larson continue the weekly series of debate breakdowns by watching Christopher Hitchens's 2000 debate with Catholic League President and right-wing blowhard Bill Donohue. It's a fascinating transitional fossil in Hitchens's evolution from 1990s Marxist to 2000s New Atheist "Four Horseman." Also for anyone who read Hitchens's excellent book "The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice" this one's going to be interesting because they argue about her in part of it. Good stuff all around.
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