Candidate Christopher Coons, Democratic county executive for Delaware’s New Castle County, is running for U.S. senator from Delaware against marketing consultant and Republican nominee Christine O’Donnell. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about his life. How old is [...]
The former treasurer of the National Republican Congressional Committee has pleaded guilty to embezzling $845,000 in GOP campaign funds over a six-year period. Christopher J. Ward acknowledged in court papers that between 2001 and 2007 he transferred money from campaign accounts he controlled to his own bank account, Congressional Quarterly reported. Most of the 18 [...]
Unrepentant despite the ongoing ravages of esophageal cancer and the chemotherapy that is supposed to keep it at bay, atheist and controversialist Christopher Hitchens is vowing to “continue to write polemics against religious delusions, at least until it’s hello darkness my old friend.” One of the delusions he targets in his regular column in the [...]
News that the pugnacious atheist Christopher Hitchens is battling a life-threatening cancer has led to an outpouring of sympathy from believers who, in better times, have clashed mightily with the author of the best-selling book, “God Is Not Great,” as well as many other blasts against religion. But even as Hitchens’ foes lament his suffering, [...]
Author and journalist Christopher Hitchens said Wednesday that he is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer of the esophagus and has canceled the remainder of his tour in support of his new memoir, Hitch-22. Hitchens broke the news in a brief statement on the website of Vanity Fair, where he is a columnist. “I have been advised [...]
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