Mississippi, murder, and William Eggleston’s “Red Ceiling.” By Will Stephenson

Who Killed Hunter S Thompson? is a big and beautiful compendium of friends’ reminiscences of the infamous writer. By Scott Bradfield.

Governor Huey Long was so anxious to get to the White House that he built his own in Baton Rouge. An assassin’s bullet cut short Long’s ambitions, but his gaudy knock-off survives. By William O’Connor.

Prepared for the changes coming to American healthcare? “Brace yourself dear reader, and stare in terror at the future…” By Doctor Bones.

“In 2013 Groth quit her job as an editor at Business Insider in New York in order to immerse herself in the hipster commune–cum–start-up accelerator–cum–urban renewal project–cum–weirdbeard performance-art scene known as the Las Vegas Downtown Project, initiated by Zappos.com cofounder Tony Hsieh, who believes that life should be based on the Ten Principles of Burning Man…” By Joe Bob Briggs.

The Democrats are all about reforming capitalism and making it palatable. By Dr. Bones.

Legendary New York City newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin died on Sunday at the age of 88. This profile originally appeared in the November, 1987 issue of GQ and appears here with permission from the author. By Ambrose Clancy.

I was a slutty and self-loathing downtown party girl fellatrix rushing to ruin. By Cat Marnell.

“Like some Tolkein-esque villain, the Democrats would literally forge the weapon that would undo them.” By Dr. Bones.

“They are the Athenian merchants hailing their own empire while criticizing the growth of Sparta.” By Dr. Bones.

“[I]n her best impersonation of an actual human being yet, laments the ‘insulting and ignorant terms’ Trump used to describe the plight of Black Americans yet conveniently forgets she described the same community as ‘super predators.’ From his bullshit crime bill to welfare gutting reform, the policies that Bill Clinton enacted—and Hillary Clinton supported—have decimated black America.” By Dr. Bones. (Aug. 26, 2016)

Hunter S. Thompson's scathing obituary of Nixon, originally published in Rolling Stone on June 16, 1994.

What my evening with Milo told me about Twitter’s biggest troll, the death of reason, and the crucible of A-list con-men that is the Republican National Convention. By Laurie Penny.

Author Timothy Denevi revisits Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Acosta's path through the Nevada desert to Las Vegas in search of the illusive American Dream. (May 9, 2016)

It worked wonders for his handicap. By Terry McDonell.

Can John McAfee, a gun-toting, vodka-swilling serial liar, save us from the hackers who want to spy on us and steal our identities? By Stephen Rodrick.

“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.” - Hunter S. Thompson in 1967.