Hitchens back on form for a moment

Christopher Hitchens found some of his old form a few days ago in an interview with ancien. -con, Pat Buchanan. In the interview he makes a good case for secularism in America and, indeed, anywhere and everywhere else. It's hard to tell from a transcript what kind of mood he was in but it must embarrass him that he has staked, well demolished, his own reputation on support for Bush and the so-called neo-cons in the war. He has justified that support by way of references to the theocratic nature of the targets of the "war on terror". Now he finds himself having to plead with his new friends to show some moderation in how they run things at home.