Ordinary people and the Oscars

A Modern Suicide

In his famous essay “The Myth of Sisyphus,” Albert Camus called suicide the “one truly serious philosophical problem.” The French existentialist wondered whether the only escape from life’s absurdity was self-annihilation on the one hand, or delusions of hope on…

To say Proverb Jacobs has written his memoirs is a little like saying Herman Melville wrote a story about a whale.

That’s not to exaggerate the literary accomplishment, only to say that when it comes to sheer bulk, Jacobs’s humbly titled, self-published Autobiography…

long live gonzo

He shot himself at his home in the Rockies, sitting at…

By Pat Joseph

A drinking tale