Yes indeed, back in New Hampshire after a few days of socializing in my old haunts. Unfortunately for my compatriot who joined me at the "Biography and History" session, he may have missed the most interesting part.

During the audience Q&A session, one historian began asking the panel about Robert Dallek's recent book on President Kennedy, and mentioned in passing Christopher Hitchens' comments on the same. Joseph Ellis, a distinguished American colonial historian (recently infamous for other less savory reasons), glibly and smilingly replied, "Christopher Hitchens is a son of a bitch ... but he's an intelligent son of a bitch." Some in the audience laughed. A bit later he issued a rather sheepish apology.

C-SPAN was there. You'll see it.