Christopher Hitchens is in top form in this concise, razor-sharp opinion, which lambastes what he argues is the GOP ticket's religious dogma and contempt for science. As always, he is strong, eloquent, witty and civil. His examples are well chosen. Very compelling, highly recommended.

Hitchen's uses great evidence to further his argument that Sarah Palin has "contempt for knowledge and learning."

Hitchens speaks with courage and verbal alacrity on an important topic that big media tends to shy away from. It is an important issue of character and knowledge, especially after we have seen the anti-scientific devastation of reason under the Bush/Cheney regime. Reality based is a good thing in government.

A fair sketch on Sarah. Could have gone on for pages if space allowed.

This opinion piece has no journalistic merit. It is a pure hate piece against the Republican candidates. The author is known for his venomous anti-religious bigotry, which explains the latter paragraphs of the piece. He does not even know that the Palins left the Pentacostal church six years ago! Bush has an outstanding record on science policy making, second only to Truman. And in fact there are numerous wasteful "science" pork projects funded every year by Congress, as McCain correctly points out.