Bill Hicks’ story is told through the recently released film ’American.’ When you listen to a comic as honest as Bill Hicks for so many years, you think you really know all there is to know about him.

Past ColumnsYou have to look closely in the age of "you-disagree-with-me-so-you're-a-pinhead" talk radio to realize it, but there is a fine, yet distinguishable line between anger and hatred. Comedian ...