Hitch...

In the middle of last night I was watching Christopher Hitchens on YouTube, airing his trenchant views about religion (yes, I know what a good time looks like). He was attacking a fairly easy target - Commandments 1 through 4 of 10 - when a bolt of lightning lit up the sky, followed, a couple of seconds later, by a deep bass rumble so loud and resonant that it made the vehicle shake. I feel proud that, even under the influence of strong cough medicine, I did not for a moment imagine that the thunder was God castigating me for my unbelief…