Hitchens and Totten

Part 1 of a fine interview with my favorite contrarian.

A sparkling nugget from the introduction to the interview:

Hitchens is certainly famous, and is recognized on the street a lot more often than I am. A tall and slightly disheveled man in his fifties rudely interrupted our conversation outside the bar at one point and said "I can't remember your name, but I recognize you from YouTube."

"You should read more," Hitchens said. He didn't remind the man of his name.

Not two minutes later, an attractive young woman walked up to him, squeezed his arm gently, and said "I love you."

"How often does this happen?" I said.

"This," he said and smiled at the pretty young woman, "doesn't happen nearly enough. But that," he said and gestured to the man who recognized him from YouTube and would not go away, "happens too often."

It's always worth contributing to Michael Totten's journalism. He's an independent journalist who supports his travels through contributions from readers.


h/t Instapundit.