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Tuesday, May 22, 2007


Hell or Merely Purgatory?: Christopher Hitchens Relives the Seventies



In the Carter years, the United States was an international laughingstock. This was not just because of the prevalence of his ghastly kin: the beer-sodden brother Billy, doing deals with Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi, and the grisly matriarch, Miz Lillian. It was not just because of the president's dire lectures on morality and salvation and his weird encounters with lethal rabbits and UFOs. It was not just because of the risible White House "Bible study" sessions run by Bert Lance and his other open-palmed Elmer Gantry pals from Georgia.

Well, you can read the rest, but if you're expecting him to name disco, Qiana, or Quinn Martin, you're going to be disappointed.