The Kentucky Derby is STILL Decadent and Depraved, and So is Humanity

Illustration by Ralph Steadman
LEO Weekly | April 28, 2016
This week marks 46 years since Scanlan’s Monthly published Hunter S. Thompson’s legendary piece, “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved,” a subjective and hilarious report of the 1970 Kentucky Derby.

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