I mainly just love the phrase “with her usual contrarian disdain for actual thought,” which is widely applicable to self-styled contrarians and deserves to be remembered whenever somebody mentions Christopher Hitchens.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.