Online Journalism Review, Matt Welch: Hunter Thompson, Online Columnist
“Thompson, who has built an enormous fan base writing about the Hell’s Angels, presidential politics and hotel-room traumas, has free reign to pursue whatever tangents come to mind. In his second column, for instance, he ended a discussion of the Oakland Raiders by observing: “And the whole Bush family, from Texas, should be boiled in poison oil.” His third column was almost entirely about the post-election crisis. (“Get familiar with Cannibalism,” he advised.)”