We live in an era of political exhaustion. Every election feels like a choice between two evils, and cynicism is the default setting.
If you don’t know the backstory, here’s the elevator pitch: In 1970, long before the Samoan attorney showed up, Hunter Thompson ran for Sheriff of Pitkin County, Colorado (home to the glitzy, celebrity-packed town of Aspen).
There is a specific, frozen kind of madness that only happens when you transplant a swamp creature to the mountains.