Obituaries

Politics

Capitalism for Punks

Malcolm McLaren, RIP

Todd Seavey | 4.9.2010 5:30 PM

Politics

Jaime Escalante, RIP

Matt Welch | 3.31.2010 9:56 AM

Culture

Alex Chilton, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 3.18.2010 6:52 PM

Culture

Peter Graves, 1926–2010

Jesse Walker | 3.15.2010 10:40 AM

Politics

Colin Ward, RIP

Jesse Walker | 2.17.2010 11:20 PM

Culture

Eric Rohmer, RIP

Jesse Walker | 1.24.2010 12:26 PM

Culture

Willie Mitchell, RIP

Jesse Walker | 1.5.2010 3:17 PM

Culture

Oral Roberts, 1918-2009

Jesse Walker | 12.15.2009 10:13 PM

Crime

Death of a Watchdog

Pete Shellem, crime reporter

Radley Balko | 12.14.2009 6:01 PM

Economics

Paul Samuelson, R.I.P.

Peter Suderman | 12.13.2009 1:08 PM

Culture

Jim Carroll Has Died, Died

Jesse Walker | 9.13.2009 9:30 PM

Science

Norman Borlaug: The Man Who Saved More Human Lives Than Any Other Has Died

Ronald Bailey | 9.13.2009 8:26 AM

Politics

Kennedy's Big Government Paternalism

Remembering the darker side of the liberal senator's legacy

Cathy Young | 8.31.2009 3:00 PM

Politics

Ted Kennedy, Political Abstraction

Matt Welch | 8.26.2009 12:46 PM

Politics

Ted Kennedy and the Death (Hopefully) of an Era

The controversial senator belonged to a different age, one ill-suited to today's increasingly decentralized world

Nick Gillespie | 8.26.2009 10:30 AM

Journalism

Robert Novak, RIP

Peter Suderman | 8.18.2009 12:05 PM

Culture

Les Paul, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 8.13.2009 2:35 PM

Culture

Walter Cronkite, RIP

Jesse Walker | 7.18.2009 12:49 AM

Culture

The Fog of Hubris

The life and afterlife of Robert McNamara

Jesse Walker | 7.9.2009 6:00 PM

Politics

William Marina, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 7.7.2009 8:01 PM

Culture

Michael Jackson, RIP

Jesse Walker | 6.25.2009 6:47 PM

Culture

Death of a Dystopian

The life and legacy of J.G. Ballard

Joanne McNeil | 6.19.2009 12:00 PM

Culture

Marilyn Chambers, RIP

Jesse Walker | 4.13.2009 3:55 PM

Culture

Tom Braden, 1917-2009

Jesse Walker | 4.6.2009 1:42 PM

Politics

Burt Blumert, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 3.30.2009 4:07 PM

Culture

Philip Jose Farmer, RIP

Jesse Walker | 2.26.2009 7:26 AM

Politics

Patrick McGoohan, RIP

Jesse Walker | 1.14.2009 1:44 PM

Culture

Helen Suzman, RIP

Jesse Walker | 1.2.2009 12:35 PM

Culture

Roped and Trussed Just Like Dear Bettie Page

Jesse Walker | 12.12.2008 9:34 AM

Culture

Miriam Makeba, RIP

Jesse Walker | 11.10.2008 12:03 PM

Policy

Michael Crichton, R.I.P.

The novelist and public policy provocateur dies at age 66.

Ronald Bailey | 11.6.2008 12:00 PM

Culture

Dolemite, RIP

Jesse Walker | 10.21.2008 12:32 PM

Culture

The Great Recycler

The late Bruce Conner made lasting art out of junk.

Jesse Walker | 10.1.2008 3:35 PM

Culture

Manny Farber, RIP

Jesse Walker | 8.22.2008 7:05 AM

Music

Jerry Wexler, RIP

Jesse Walker | 8.19.2008 11:46 AM

Politics

Tony Snow: A Tribute

Shikha Dalmia | 7.14.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

Dead on the Fourth of July

Jesse Helms, 1921-2008

Jesse Walker | 7.8.2008 12:00 PM

Obituaries

Thomas M. Disch, RIP

Jesse Walker | 7.7.2008 10:52 PM

Culture

Witchblade Creator Dead at 37

Mike Riggs | 7.7.2008 2:26 PM

Civil Liberties

The Cunning Linguist

Remembering George Carlin's literary genius

Marty Beckerman | 6.23.2008 12:00 PM

Culture

Bo Diddley, RIP

Jesse Walker | 6.2.2008 1:59 PM

Culture

Will Elder, RIP

Jesse Walker | 5.23.2008 4:22 PM

Policy

Turn On, Tune In, Drop Deap: LSD Inventor Albert Hofmann, RIP

Nick Gillespie | 4.30.2008 8:50 AM

Politics

Kenneth Gregg, RIP

Jesse Walker | 3.17.2008 9:28 AM

Obituaries

Gary Gygax, 1938-2008

David Weigel | 3.4.2008 2:52 PM

Cuba

Severo Nieto, RIP

Matt Welch | 3.3.2008 5:51 PM

Politics

William F. Buckley, Jr., RIP

Farewell to the man who created intellectual space for the libertarian movement

Robert Poole | 2.27.2008 4:30 PM

Culture

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, RIP

Brian Doherty | 2.6.2008 3:21 PM