Thoughts from Nick Gillespie, Michelle Malkin, Wretchard, Rob Long, Lileks, Peter Robinson, Melissa Clouthier, John Podhoretz, James Fenton, Joy McCann, Jason Cowley, Doug Wilson, Simon Jenkins, and last but by no means least, his brother Peter.

I first recall being impressed with him in the nineties, in his fearless willingness to take on the lies of the Clintons. He was devastating, to anyone who paid attention.

[Update a while later]

The Atlantic remembers Hitchens, as does Michael Totten.

[Update late morning]

Here’s another from Pete Wehner.

[Almost noon]

And Ron Radosh weighs in.

[Early afternoon update]

David Corn: sharing an office with Hitch.