For those who aren't familiar his work, Christopher Hitchens is a conservative writer who supports the occupation of Iraq and the (endless) War on Terror in general. Hitchens recently submitted himself to the "enhanced interrogation technique" known as waterboarding. His verdict:

As some of you know, I also work with Faith in Public Life and this Sunday, April 13, CNN will be broadcasting a special conversation with presidential candidates* Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama. This historic Compassion Forum has been organized by interfaith leaders from across the ideological spectrum and will focus on five key issues: domestic and international poverty, global AIDS, climate change, genocide in Darfur, and human rights and torture.

Right before the Academy Awards, I settled down to listen to my almost daily dose of Bloggingheads.tv, a virtual salon of substantive punditry. Instead of libertarian principles or a debate of the presidential candidates, I was treated to a 47 min. discussion between New York's film critic David Edelstein and Alex Gibney, the director/producer of Taxi to the Dark Side.