He left school at fifteen to work as a reporter and wound up, just
a few years later, as associate editor at Newsweek. He helped
William F. Buckley Jr. found the National Review, worked closely
with Joseph McCarthy, and became chief speechwriter for Barry
Goldwater.
But true to a conscience that caused him to question the claims
and authority of others, Hess eventually rejected conservatism and
embraced the libertarian politics of the New Left. He dabbled with
drugs, rode motorcycles, worked with the Black Panthers, got
arrested while protesting the war in Viet Nam, and published an
article in Playboy that defined libertarianism and ignited a
national debate. As an anti-Communist he cooperated with the FBI,
but as a libertarian he fought the IRS until he was nearly
destitute. Whatever his political leanings, he always despised
conceit, exploded intolerance, and embraced life to the fullest. He
was a man who traveled in influential circles, often close to
power, but, in his own words, "mostly on the edge."
Karl Hess participated in many of the defining events of
20th-century America, a self-taught boy who became a self-made
journalist. Mostly on the Edge chronicles the life education of
Hess, who became a defiant tester of the prevailing ideas of each
decade. He lived by trial and error, and was always willing to
acknowledge his mistakes.
Like Franklin and Thoreau, Hess hoped to wake up America by
questioning the moral majority, fighting the Kafkaesque intrusions
of government, and encouraging his family, friends, and highly
influential colleagues to think for themselves. Hess provides
eyewitness accounts, unique personal observations, startling and
valuable insights on leadership and dissent, and, in the end,
leaves behind a clear path to realizing the dream of freedom.
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