Christopher Hitchens Was Fearless

So how does one come to grips with the whirlpools of insanity that swirl around us these days? Copious amounts of alcohol are certainly a reliable option. An even better alternative is to spend time with wiser heads who are willing to dispense advice on how to navigate the road ahead. In my own case, over the years I’ve lost a number of friends whose wisdom and reason would be invaluable in trying to make sense of the sheer brokenness of the America we are living in.

Two of these friends were old Vietnam hands—Michael Herr and David Halberstam. Michael wrote , arguably the finest book about the war part of the Vietnam War. Then he became a Buddhist and moved to upstate New York. David’s book is the definitive account of the politicians and mandarins who drove us into Vietnam