Hitchens vs. Hitchens April 3, 2008

"As individuals, they could hardly seem more different" writes James Macintyre, a friend to both Peter and Christopher Hitchens, "one [is] a conservative, traditionalist, church-going Anglican; the other a liberal, louche, drinking-and-smoking atheist." Christopher Hitchens, a British-born emigre to Washington, D.C., has written twenty books including scathing critiques of Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton, and Mother Teresa. Most recently, he wrote the book on atheism, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. Younger brother Peter Hitchens remains in England and works as a columnist for the Mail on Sunday. He is author of The Abolition of Britain and The Abolition of Liberty. The brothers, throughout a long estrangement and recent reconcilliation, have clashed in print on many issues. Now, on April 3, 2008, the Hauenstein Center will bring the two together on a stage for the first time to debate numerous issues, from religion to Iraq.

Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of HauensteinCenter.