Hunter Thompson in his Woody Creek, Colo. cabin during the 1992 election season. Credit: paul harris/Getty Images There are two times in my life when I felt Hunter S Thompson, the infamous gonzo ...

Hunter S. Thompson doesn’t think much of the “button-down” lives of the squares. He likens them to “ribbon salesmen,” enslaved to their “time payments,” at best hypocritical pseudo ...

Hunter S. Thompson and the “New Journalism” crowd, which included Tom Wolfe (who coined the label), Joan Didion, and George Plimpton are perfect examples. Their outputs then, and their ...