Homage to my two heroes

Read the August issue of Vanity Fair (Alex Baldwin cover). Amidst all the fashion fol de rol is a piece by Christopher Hitchens titled: “The Importance of Being Orwell”. It is the best and most complete review of George Orwell by the late, mourned voice of modern Orwell. In it you can see the genesis of the public intellectual who championed political honesty and moral courage. You can also see where “doublethink” originated and is now so much a part of today's hypocritical politics. Also read today's (July 15th) New York Times Book Review Q&A of Dave Eggers the talented American novelist. He says that if he could meet any writer it would be George Orwell. Of those authors he's already met, Christopher Hitchens most impressed him. Eternal truths for our times.