And speaking of bigots-Christopher Hitchens was mentioned at Et Cetera today:

Victor Lams figures there must be a reason why Hitchens is so bitter about Bob Hope being beloved. I found this biographical article that gives a few reasons for Hitchen's bitterness. I knew Hitchen's mother committed suicide but I did not know she left his father for a defrocked priest. Interesting. With his writing skill and intelligence I hope he becomes yet another amazing conversion story.