christopher hitchens, one of our favorite guests on this program, the late great christopher hitchensas your babysitter. >> (laughs) yeah, yeah. >> jon: how did that-- first of all, how are you still alive? (laughter) second of all-- >> i know, my blood is running with scotch. (laughter) he was amazing. >> jon: was he just a neighbor and your folks won't over there and said, like, "hey, dude, can could you watch our kids?" >> "hold our baby, you look trustworthy." (laughter). >> jon: exactly. was your family friends? >> yes, they were all journalists together. there's this great group of investigative journalists and sadly they're dying out slowly but he was one of the greatest and i was very lucky to know him. (cheers and applause). >> jon: we used to love having him on the show. and i was always amazed at his breadth of recall because he had-- >> right, i know, one would think there wouldn't be much recall. (laughter). >> jon: if i get let's say four hours of sleep i can't remember when think birthday is but this guy-- >> i know! >> jon: i always wondered if you pickle your brain--

. >> i've heard christopher hitchens on senator gaetz and several others. i'm curious, are you going to be a support person of god or is there something else [inaudible] >> the question is a little bit about my second career. i am the president of a liberal arts college, it's a christian college. i have 1 foot in two worlds. i write about politics, and i've been there now for 25 years. i'm a secular writer. in the last two years, i have been taking on many of the leading atheist around the country and debating him on campus. christopher hitchens was my most formidable opponent. obviously, we miss him. he died a few months ago. yes, i am still doing through for those debates here. it keeps us thinking about the big questions that remain really important. but i attention out is focused through much on obama. i realize that i didn't address the question about the antichrist from earlier. it is kind of like a mosquito at a nudist colony. i'm not sure where to begin with that one. [laughter] >> thank you for coming to michigan. i think that reagan was known as a

. >> rose: what came closer who said-- >> well, one of which was your friend and mine christopher hitchens. >> rose: came forward and said "there is a principle here." >> yes, i had known christopher a little but he wasn't one of my close inner circle but he became it. as answer lit choice. he stepped closer and closer to me and that's somebody you want on your side in a fight. i was lucky to have him. >> rose: at least representing you rhetorically. (laughs) >> yes. >> rose: what would you do differently? >> i don't know. i often ask myself that. one thing i think is-- well, i would try not to make that appeasement mistake. i sometimes think i was wrong to to not go home. i think the only reason i did was because initially we all thought this would be of very short duration. the police thought it, too. it can't be allowed to stand that the head of state of one country orders the murder of a citizen of another country who's living in the country he's a citizen of and has committed no crime. it's outrages you. so basically i was told let's just lie low for a few days, be quiet in the countr

turned us in author christopher hitchens says the authorities oh my god a mistake barbarous for dancing all the parts of this with force. i think the occupy movement was a seismic shift not only in terms of the discourse but in terms of identifying the centers of power and how to respond to that i think we have to look at occupy as a tactic because the ruling class has responded exclusively in the language of force by trying to eradicate it race these encampments rather than respond rationally hundreds of thousands of americans have lost their unemployment benefits there's been no attempt by the ruling elite to address the chronic under employment and unemployment this political paralysis is very dangerous because it or never receives a backlash we're not guaranteed that or would be nonviolent or that it will remain inclusive in a way that the occupy movement has been. now there's lots more so it's a calm here and i feel like the flights of the french were fine and things are getting a little. they are quite responsible for this crisis and they should be more than the rest says they hav

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christopher hitchens could do it. he would do it cink drinking. >> rose: and would often come home drunk and do it. >> but it's a very unusual quality. >> rose: how about the intelligence aspect of all that? i mean, how do... >> how does his mind work? >> rose: yeah. >> so his mind is... it's... in a way it's kind of... you recognize the smart lawyer and it's very kind of a clean and analytical mind. the thing that interests me about him as a character is how many unlike things get shoved together. that he is on the one hand very clean and analytical but he's also... he does gravitate towards emotion. but he's... so he's the kind of person who kind of quickly puts his finger on what the main issue is. he's bright. he's obviously bright. i think... it's interesting to see someone of his abilities, he's a person of any abilitys in that office. because the office is above everybody's ability. there's no way you are anything but the amateur in the room on most subjects. you've got these experts coming at you. and i think

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the late author christopher hitchens chronicles how he dealt with facing death in "mortality," it's fourthf poems my francesco marciuliano. in the sixth spot, laura hillen brand details the story of an olympic runner's time in world war ii with "unbroken." eight is dearie, the remarkable life of julia child. bob spitz recounts the life of the former office of strategic services researcher and chef. jeffrey brown is ninth with his parenting book, "darth vadar and son," and number ten, ben mcintyre chronicles the allied attack on normandy from the point of view of double agents in "double cross." you can find more on these bestsellers by going to indiebound.org and clicking on indie bestsellers. >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. ann coulter presents her thoughts on race in the united states in "mugged." michael gordon, a chief military correspondent for "the new york times" and journalist and retired marine corps lieutenant general bernard treynor in "the endgame." in "ike's bluff: president eisenhower's secret battle to save the world," evan thomas recounts