Did Christopher Hitchens have a Big Idea?
Lunching with an agreeable friend last Friday -and what better way to mark Hitchens’ death? – I was momentarily stumped by my companion’s confession. He didn’t believe Hitchens had left any particular idea that helped illuminate the world in a clearer way and he challenged me to prove otherwise. David Frum’s summary of Hitchens indirectly endorses my friend’s view. “Christopher did not offer a model of what to think. He offered a model of how to think – and how …