Article on Hitchens’ Scranton Appearance (10/10/10)

Scranton native and author Jay Parini, left, and noted British-American author Christopher Hitchens, right, participate in the “Authors of Argument” forum moderated by attorney Morey Myers during the second annual Pages and Places Book Festival on October 2. RICH HOWELLS / GO LACKAWANNA ‘Pages’ made Scranton place to be By Rich Howellsrhowells@golackawanna.com Reporter/Photographer SCRANTON – […]

Christopher Hitchens in Scranton

I’ve been waiting patiently to meet Christopher Hitchens and finally got the chance on October 2, 2010 at the Scranton Pages and Places Book Festival. I was quite impressed that Hitchens honored his appearance in Scranton, had a book signing, and participated in the “Authors of Argument” discussion. Hitchens was forced to cancel many appearances due […]

Atheism has no future, a local church says

The First Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre’s minister Rev. Zanicky put a sign outside of his church that says, “Atheism has no future.” Unfortunately, the sermon has been taken offline, but here are some excerpts from this sermon: “Radical secularists are championing the popular bestseller atheist books today highlighting the evils of religion…” “God is dead […]