Christopher Hitchens Was A Wit,

Somewhere Along The Way, New York Became All About Money. Or Rather, It Was Always About Money, But It Wasn't All About Money, If You Know What I Mean. New York's Not Geneva Or Zurich Yet, But We're Certainly Heading In That Direction. London Is, Too.

We Admire Elephants In Part Because They Demonstrate What We Consider The Finest Human Traits: Empathy, Self-awareness, And Social Intelligence. But The Way We Treat Them Puts On Display The Very Worst Of Human Behavior.

Magazine Stories, The Best Ones Anyway, Are Generally A Combination Of Three Elements: Access, Narrative, And Disclosure.

I Have Always Thought You Could Take The Measure Of A Man By His Sports Manners - That Is To Say, The Way In Which He Conducts Himself On The Playing Field, Or Even Over A Game Of Chess Or Cards.

You Know, I Used To Warm The Thermometer On The Light Bulb... I Was Really Good At Being Sick. I Could Forge My Mother's Signature On A Sick Note So Well I Was Hardly Ever At School.