tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post7517182280618584661..comments2023-11-08T19:39:01.829-08:00Comments on The Teacher's View: Arguably (Updated 12/16/11)*Paul L. Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-24265460119790668952011-12-18T15:55:02.168-08:002011-12-18T15:55:02.168-08:00Purely by unfortunate accident. I was quite sadden...Purely by unfortunate accident. I was quite saddened by Hitchens' death. I can only hope there will be some posthumous work coming and that it is of the quality he maintained throughout his career.<br /><br />I sent an email with my address, or you can use the one attached to the blog.<br /><br />Take care.Paul L. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-8196436694756223572011-12-18T14:04:35.443-08:002011-12-18T14:04:35.443-08:00You were ahead of the game, getting something in a...You were ahead of the game, getting something in about him right before he died. By the way, I tried sending you a private email, but it didn't go through. What is your email address? Mine is jguywrite@gmail.com.jguywritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254292470597666540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-49931175084651732772011-12-16T09:51:36.353-08:002011-12-16T09:51:36.353-08:00Hitchens was one of those writers with whom I do n...Hitchens was one of those writers with whom I do not always agree, but find his work utterly fascinating and provocative. As Graydon Carter said in his remembrance on the Vanity Fair website, "You felt as though he was writing to you and to you alone." He will be deeply missed. We have few voices of intellect in America, and Hitchens was one of the best.Paul L. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16571449117336295156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5390199041521256086.post-88533978828300879932011-12-16T04:56:14.061-08:002011-12-16T04:56:14.061-08:00Thanks for an insightful review, Paul. I haven'...Thanks for an insightful review, Paul. I haven't read much, if any, of Hitchens. I know he's a cancer-battling cultural critic & shall not be moved in his staunch atheism on which his views are antiethical to his brother's. But I haven't dug into his stuff.<br /><br />Your review made me want to read his work. I think my own writing could be influenced by a guy like that. Interested to know if you would say yours has.jguywritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254292470597666540noreply@blogger.com