The late writer Christopher Hitchens took pride in dancing on fresh graves. Often when someone revered died, there was Hitch with the outrageous, "too soon" screed about how the deceased was a phony, unworthy of all the tears and lionizing. So it's a nice tribute to him to see Alex Pareene writing that kind of piece about Christopher Hitchens. Mr. Pareene summarizes a lot of what I was referring to yesterday when I wrote about Hitchens being frequently full of Bandini.
Pareene has also recently penned a series of articles for the annual Hack List from Salon. Each year, they pick the 30 worst pundits and seers in the political-themed media and explain why they stink. I would rate some higher, some lower and would add in a few who aren't there…but I can't find much to disagree with in their list.