[Ronaldus Magnus Reagan]

I know Hitchens is a Stalinist Soviet Lover

Please provide evidence for your claim.

[Max in Utah]

Hitchens has said he no longer feels a part of the Left. Although he does not object to being called a "former" Trotskyist, his affection for Trotsky remains strong, and he says that his political and historical view of the world is still shaped by Marxist categories. However, in 2004, Hitchens regarded himself as a 'single-issue voter,' concerning himself with what he sees as the battle between the forces of secular democracy and those of theocratic fascism.

At least he's anti-islamist.

[rlmorel]

This is common knowledge, see the post #21 (which was taken from Wikipedia...I know...I dislike Wikipedia, but it is a good source of quick, and to some degree, accurate info)

I know that in his current life, it is difficult to evision him has a Trotskyite or a Soviet Lover, but he did write for The Nation, and was at one time a committed leftist.

To be fair, I had never paid him much attention until he began speaking out against Saddam Hussein, that was all I ever knew of him up to that point. It was only when I began praising him that people pointed out his nefarious past to me...:)

If I met him now, I would shake his hand, though...I tend to view him kind of the same way I view David Horowitz, but...David Horowitz had an utter and complete break with the philosophy of the left...Hitchens apparently has not.