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Christopher Hitchens, Argumentative Sportsman, Hates Sports

Make no mistake: Christopher Hitchens is a hater of all things fun, silly and whimsical. His recent targets include Harry Potter (in the New York Times Book Review), as well as John Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Al Franken (in the Atlantic). Oh, and lest we forget, he is not a big fan of that thing called ‘God.’ Given that Hitchens pulls no punches, it’s not surprising that he’s now turned his laser sights on the Olympics, an event he deems “the exhibition of the most depressing traits of the human personality.
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