"Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate,” wrote the sardonic writer Ambrose Bierce. Bierce was unafraid of death; in fact, he welcomed it with open arms and a good ...

Hall's spirited, if slightly muddled, fifth Ambrose Bierce mystery (after 2004's Ambrose Bierce and the Trey of Pearls) has more of an Old West flavor than previous entries, as young Tom Redmond and ...

Ambrose Bierce was a famous American writer, journalist, and satirist known for his dark humor and clever observations about society and human behavior. Today’s Quote of the Day by Ambrose Bierce ...

A dentist, wrote Ambrose Bierce, was “a prestidigitator who, putting metal into your mouth, pulls coins out of your pocket.” Politeness, “the most acceptable hypocrisy.” A year, a “period of three ...

The collapse of the U.S.-backed regime in Afghanistan is a fine time to dip into one of America’s most penetrating and underappreciated political analysts – Ambrose Bierce. The political establishment ...

Ebenezer Scrooge took only one night to change his tune from “Bah! Humbug!” to “God bless us, every one!” Ambrose Bierce was made of sterner stuff. He reviled the holiday (and just about everything ...