[Mr Ramsbotham]

I’ve been following his blog for a couple of years now; he readily admits it. Very interesting participants on the blog; many of them quite intelligent, with well-informed commentary.

[miss marmelstein]

You are, of course, absolutely correct. Like his brother, he “flirted” with Trotskyism. That poor father of theirs - a professional member of the Navy with two such wacky sons - who they treated shabbily, by the way.

In the end, I became a real fan of Christopher Hitchens and have had him autograph many of his books. He was always a gentleman during these book signings - while puffing on cigarettes and chugging vodka to the horror of the Barnes & Noble employees!