Topic: Christopher Hitchens

Reader recommendation: God Is Not Great

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

A "secular Bible" draws readers, controversy

"The Good Book" – intended to serve as a secular Bible – focuses on ethics but not religion.

The Unbelievers

What is most interesting about contemporary atheists is not what they have in common but rather their differences.

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune: movie review

Through interviews and film clips, 'Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune' creates a complex and fascinating portrait of the counterculture folk singer.

God's fundamental goodness

A Christian Science perspective.

How bad is waterboarding? Ask Christopher Hitchens. [video]

In his memoir, former President George W. Bush defends the use of waterboarding. Would he change his mind if he personally underwent the 'enhanced interrogation,' as did Iraq war supporter Christopher Hitchens.

The Best American Essays 2010

The essays in this year's anthology – edited by Christopher Hitchens – are both varied and bold.

Pope Benedict XVI extends hand to a wary Britain

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Britain today for the first papal trip there since 1982. The visit is clouded by recent sex-abuse scandals and is being met with a distinct lack of reverence.

Bestselling books the week of 8/26/10, according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

From Fatwa to Jihad

Is multiculturalism to blame for further alienating Muslims who live in Western countries?

Bestselling books the week of 7/29/10 according to IndieBound*

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Bestselling books the week of 7/22/10 according to IndieBound*

What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.

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Survivors know best: Torture is always wrong

It’s immoral and it doesn’t make anyone more secure. Just ask those who’ve been tortured.

Gates case: What's race got to do with it?

A predominately white segment of America sees the incident as further evidence that the country is becoming a post-racial society. Many blacks disagree.

Can't women write 'large'?

Pakistan Army will retaliate against U.S. attacks

The announcement comes at a time when the US is taking a more aggressive stance toward the rising insurgency along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Russia's case on Georgia territories: Like Kosovo or not?

Tuesday, after invoking Kosovo to recognize two separatist republics, Russia changed its tack.

'Speed Racer': out of gas

Wachowski Brothers' movie tries for a family-values focus but veers into frenetic, sometimes cheesy effects.