The American writer Ambrose Gwinett Bierce (1842-ca. 1914) expressed the cynicism of the post-Civil War era and shaped both the materials and the methods of writers who later voiced the disillusionment following World War I. Ambrose Bierce was born in Me...

The late Carey McWilliams, himself an astute observer of the national scene, has pointed out that every American should have some familiarity with Ambrose Bierce, that aloof and independent iconoclast who was in the thick of some of the most important de...

The late Carey McWilliams, an astute observer of the national scene, has pointed out that every American should have some familiarity with Ambrose Bierce , that aloof and independent iconoclast who was in the thick of some of the most important developme...

THE DEPARTURE OF FORMER OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR FRANK KEATING FROM THE NATIONAL LAY REVIEW BOARD WAS INEVITABLE ("KEATING TO QUIT BOARD ON SEX ABUSE," PAGE A1, JUNE 16). THIS BOARD WAS INTENDED BY CHURCH OFFICIALS TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN DAMAGE CONTROL WINDOW DRESSING. IT...

Man shot self instead of surrendering SOUTH VIENNA - State patrol officers boarded up windows Thursday and used large fans to clear gas they fired Wednesday in the standoff with an Iowa man they found inside an unoccupied house, dead from a self-inflicted...