The last beatnik The death of novelist William S. Burroughs, from a heart attack at age 83, marks the final passing of the Beat generation. Poet Allen Ginsberg, who made the transition into...

Despite all evidence to the contrary, the notion persists that the Puritans were dour, repressive, paltry, ignominious, and cheerless. Despite their laying the substantial foundations for our libe...

With every new movie, Hollywood reflects more of the growing distrust of power that creeps across America. Earlier this year, Absolute Power and Murder at 1600 gave us death in the White House. No...