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Michael Korda spoke with authors Christopher Hitchens and Francine Prose about biographical writing at the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C. All three authors were writing books for the…

Christopher Hitchens talked about his book Thomas Jefferson: Author of America, published by HarperCollins in the Eminent Lives series. The author described both the public and private lives…

Mr. Hitchens talked about his book, The Trial of Henry Kissinger, published by Verso Books. In the book, Mr. Hitchens asserts that former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger should face charg…

The Iraq War Reader: History, Documents, Opinions, published by Touchstone, is a compilation of essays, articles, and opinions on the history and future of Iraq and the Middle East. The two…

Selections from works by Ogden Nash, Alfred Tennyson, Rudyard Kipling, Shel Silverstein, Mattie Stepanek, Joseph Bottum, and others were read in front of an invited audience.

Mr. Hitchens and others, speaking at the National Geographic Studio in Washington, D.C., talked about the elections in Iraq with journalists in Iraq. Among the issues they addressed were sec…

Deputy Managing Editor for the Chicago Tribune, James Warren, and Author, Christopher Hitchens, joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and talked about the Iraqi Election. The two also discussed…

A panel titled “U.S. and Iraq One Year Later: Right to Get In? Wrong to Get Out?” was held in Royce Hall on the UCLA campus. The panelists each in turn stated differing views about the war…

Participants talked about an article written by Mr. Hitchens and published in Harper’s. The article characterized decisions by Secretary Kissinger and others during the Vietnam War as war cr…

Guests talked about reconstruction in Iraq and other issues in the news. Georgie Anne Geyer talked about her recent trip to Kosovo and Christopher Hitchens talked about his recent trip to Ir…

Mr. Wassesrman was interviewed before the panel began about the history of the festival and the members of the panel. Mr. Wasserman moderated the discussion panel on American Power and the W…

The Los Angeles Times hosted a forum where a group of Authors and Journalist talked about a War with Iraq and the role of the United States in the World. Among topics they addressed were the…

Authors Christopher Hitchens and David Rieff each talked about their book, with an emphasis on the use of language, euphemisms, definitions of words, and in reference to Iraq and North Korea…

Christopher Hitchens, editor for Vanity Fair, and Andrew Sullivan, publisher of andrewsullivan.com, spoke about current issues including Iraq and the 2002 elections. They responded to questi…

Author Christopher Hitchens talked about his book, Letters to a Young Contrarian.

Mr. Hitchens and Mr. Sullivan talked about news of the day and current events. They also responded to viewer comments and questions.

As part of an annual debate program, participants debated whether the U.S should pay reparations for slavery. Among the issues they addressed were the current state of race relations, the so…

Mr. Hitchens talked about his new book, Letters to a Young Contrarian. He talked about his recent visit to Pakistan and also responded to audience telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail.

Professor Lombardo and other panelists discussed his latest translation of Homer’s Odyssey and talked about the enduring importance of the work. During the course of the discussion Mr. Lomba…

Christopher Hitchens talked about headline news stories and about his recent Harper’s article, "The Case Against Henry Kissinger". He also responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and e…