Agreed. His career has in many ways followed the trajectory of Hitchens. O'Rourke's "Holidays In Hell" is laugh out loud funny in places. But today he makes the recently retired Andy Rooney look almost reasonable.
Hitchens is a lot worse than O'Rourke. O'Rourke's always been a cheap whore, which is a venal sin; Hitchens is a collaborator, and that is a mortal sin.
Agreed. His career has in many ways followed the trajectory of Hitchens. O'Rourke's "Holidays In Hell" is laugh out loud funny in places. But today he makes the recently retired Andy Rooney look almost reasonable.
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ReplyDeleteHitchens is a lot worse than O'Rourke. O'Rourke's always been a cheap whore, which is a venal sin; Hitchens is a collaborator, and that is a mortal sin.
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