LAST CALL FOR HITCHENS

“Orwell always described himself as a socialist, never as a liberal. He disliked the Tory Party and the class system and the empire. His rationalism has been described (by me) as “Protestant Atheism”. That is, he had a great respect for scripture and for the hymnal, and employed their images and rhythms in his own prose. His favorite line of justification was a line from John Milton – “By the known rules of ancient liberty..” This expressed the conviction that there was a common and innate understanding of freedom, which would outlive all ideologies.” – the conversation about Orwell concludes on the Book Club Page. Thanks for all your emails. Next Friday, Hichens and I will be reprising our C-SPAN duet, live in D.C., from 8 – 10 am, ET.