Hunter S Thompson

Johnny Depp: There's More To The Story, Gonzo

Anita Thompson | Posted 11.30.2009 | Entertainment


Anita Thompson

The recent "Sexiest Man Alive" issue of People features a sweet photo of Johnny Depp wearing a Gonzo pendant.Given all the speculation on the meaning of Gonzo, now might be good time to give a quick rundown.

Chasing News and Nostalgia All the Way Home

Diana Aldridge | Posted 11.15.2009 | Denver


Diana Aldridge

Colorado has become a reliable epicenter of breaking news; often serious, sometimes silly, and occasionally too salacious for even a TMZ teen.

HuffPost Review: Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice

Mike Miley | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media


Mike Miley

If you had told me one year ago that the most delightful beach read of 2009 would be written by Thomas Pynchon, I'd have stared back at you in disbelief, raised eyebrows in tow.

The Weird Have Turned Pro

Garrett Johnson | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business


Garrett Johnson

The amount of money required to bail the world out of the current economic crisis, if this crisis plays out at a historical average, is nearly equal to all the private wealth currently in the world.

New Tunes On Monday: Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Ben Harper and Relentless7, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, New York Dolls, and Paul Potts

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.03.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

Ever since Cat Stevens embraced Islam, the West has been clueless when it comes to accepting the former superstar. His latest release, Roadsinger, is a good start in rebuilding that emotional bridge to Stevens.

The Kentucky Derby: The Most Surreal and Seedy Spectacle in All of Sports

Matthew DeBord | Posted 06.02.2009 | Entertainment


Matthew DeBord

For more than a century, Americans have been annually treated to one of the most bizarre and deranged sporting events ever devised. The Derby is a full-on freak show, encased in a bubble of ersatz southern elegance.

Giving Away Free Netbooks to Save America's Newsrooms

Will Bunch | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media


Will Bunch

What if newsrooms put their remaining muscle behind a program to provide information to the public and close the digital divide at the same time? That's "social benefit" we can believe in.

Hunter S. Thompson's Frozen Sperm

Sunday Herald | Posted 01.11.2009 | Entertainment


Hunter S. Thompson's widow Anita dropped a casual bombshell with the Scottish Sunday Herald - that killing himself in February 2005, he could still be...

The World Is Ending, Or, What I Had For Lunch With My Friend, The Ambassador

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green


Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

New Journalism has gone cold, flat, and crowded, as too many books, movies, and TV talking heads showcase journalists calling attention to themselves. Paradigmatic example: Thomas Friedman's new book.

Note To McCain For Picking a Cute Buffoon

Anita Thompson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics


Anita Thompson

Thank you John McCain for picking a woman who represents the worst-case scenario.

A Slick Politician Trapped in a Politician's Body

Anita Thompson | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


Anita Thompson

I came to the Aspen Institute to hear McCain talk about how he might handle this Russian Crisis -- and found a lot has changed since Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.

Back to the Future Starring Hunter S. Thompson and Kevin Costner

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.11.2008 | Entertainment


Darryle Pollack

Gonzo is so real; Swing Vote is so unreal. Yet they entwine so perfectly.

Listening to the Dalai Lama in Aspen

Anita Thompson | Posted 08.04.2008 | Living


Anita Thompson

My late husband, Hunter S. Thompson, said that he was a teenage girl trapped in the body of an elderly dope fiend. On Saturday, I realized His Holiness is a teenage girl trapped in the body of a Dalai Lama.

The Gonzo World of Alex Gibney

Alex Leo | Posted 07.11.2008 | Entertainment


Alex Leo

One of Hunter [S. Thompson]'s unintended legacies may be that people think that uninformed invective is an acceptable form of political discourse. Did Hunter beget Ann Coulter? She may be his illegitimate child.

Go See "Gonzo"

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 07.11.2008 | Entertainment


"Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson" is a remarkably balanced look at a man whose creativity sprang from his perpetual state of imbala...

Hunter Thompson Would Have Been for Obama

Darrell Hartman | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment


Darrell Hartman

Documentarian Alex Gibney, who, after making a film about Thompson for the last two and a half years, says he feels pretty confident declaring Obama would have been Thompson's man.

Hunter S. Thompson Once Shot Up A Mac

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Annals from the dawn of digital business... We were shivering in the "unseasonably" frigid wind over dinner at the Online Publishers Association Summ...

Hunter S. Thompson Revisited: New Excerpts From Oral History

FOXNews | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


Neville Blakemore (grew up with Hunter in the Highlands neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky): "My parents didn't like my hanging around with him -- t...