Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated ...

"I used to be the handsomest man in Rome. Now I'm just another ruin," quipped writer Gore Vidal when he was 50. Or characterizing himself, he once said, "I am exactly as I appear. There is no warm, ...

From Washington to Hollywood, American culture is now defined by score settling. But what do centuries of feuding have to teach us about getting even? By Mark Harris, M.H. Miller and Minju Pak Try ...