The 2008 TIME 100 Finalists
Read about the leaders, artists, enterpreneurs and thinkers who, in your opinion, deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100 —Scott Brown and Michelle Kung
AGE: 58
OCCUPATION: Author, atheist, provocateur
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0
PRO: God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, the latest brick hurled by Hitchens through complacency's plate-glass window, garnered mostly excellent reviews, solid sales and a National Book Award nomination.
CON: It's almost enough to make you forget his screeching, blinkered drum-banging in favor of the Iraq War. But don't worry: Hitchens won't let you forget.
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