Damn, he was a very very funny writer, made me laugh a bunch of times. So many great quotes:
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
If meat is murder, does that mean eggs are rape?
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them
P.J. O’Rourke Dies: Satirist, Author & NPR Panelist Was 74
P. J. O'Rourke, the political satirist, NPR panelist and bestselling author, died today of lung cancer.deadline.com
P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist, NPR panelist and bestselling author whose early work with National Lampoon included contributions to the influential Lemmings show, died today of lung cancer. He was 74.
His death was confirmed by his publisher Grove Atlantic, United Talent Agency and by Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me program. O’Rourke served as a regular panelist on the NPR program.
O’Rourke, who began his journalism career as a left-leaning Gonzo journalist before moving toward conservative libertarianism during the 1980s, wrote for such publications as Playboy, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, where he served for a time as foreign-affairs desk chief. In 1996, he was the conservative commentator in the point-counterpoint segment of 60 Minutes.
I have every single issue of National Lampoon, on a DVD, funny stuff, amazingly funny, sick, awful, wrong stuff. He wrote a lot of it....
Sad to hear. I didn't run across his work often but when I did I enjoyed it.
Thought he should be older?
Damn, he was a very very funny writer, made me laugh a bunch of times. So many great quotes:
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
If meat is murder, does that mean eggs are rape?
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them
P.J. O’Rourke Dies: Satirist, Author & NPR Panelist Was 74
P. J. O'Rourke, the political satirist, NPR panelist and bestselling author, died today of lung cancer.deadline.com
P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist, NPR panelist and bestselling author whose early work with National Lampoon included contributions to the influential Lemmings show, died today of lung cancer. He was 74.
His death was confirmed by his publisher Grove Atlantic, United Talent Agency and by Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me program. O’Rourke served as a regular panelist on the NPR program.
O’Rourke, who began his journalism career as a left-leaning Gonzo journalist before moving toward conservative libertarianism during the 1980s, wrote for such publications as Playboy, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, where he served for a time as foreign-affairs desk chief. In 1996, he was the conservative commentator in the point-counterpoint segment of 60 Minutes.
Damn, he was a very very funny writer, made me laugh a bunch of times. So many great quotes:
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
If meat is murder, does that mean eggs are rape?
The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas - fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them
P.J. O’Rourke Dies: Satirist, Author & NPR Panelist Was 74
P. J. O'Rourke, the political satirist, NPR panelist and bestselling author, died today of lung cancer.deadline.com
P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist, NPR panelist and bestselling author whose early work with National Lampoon included contributions to the influential Lemmings show, died today of lung cancer. He was 74.
His death was confirmed by his publisher Grove Atlantic, United Talent Agency and by Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me program. O’Rourke served as a regular panelist on the NPR program.
O’Rourke, who began his journalism career as a left-leaning Gonzo journalist before moving toward conservative libertarianism during the 1980s, wrote for such publications as Playboy, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, where he served for a time as foreign-affairs desk chief. In 1996, he was the conservative commentator in the point-counterpoint segment of 60 Minutes.
You know, I was not aware he was a Liberal earlier in his life.
Does anyone know if PJ wrote a book or essay on his progression from Liberal to Conservative? Krauthammer never got to do his bio, and I personally would find this kind of story, from quality writers like these two, to be fascinating.
He wrote on that a lot. It's in Republican Party Animal, I think.
I still listen to that.I enjoyed his comments on NPR's Wait, Wait! Don't Tell Me! The weekly comedic take on the week's news.
You know, I was not aware he was a Liberal earlier in his life.
Does anyone know if PJ wrote a book or essay on his progression from Liberal to Conservative? Krauthammer never got to do his bio, and I personally would find this kind of story, from quality writers like these two, to be fascinating.
I have every single issue of National Lampoon, on a DVD, funny stuff, amazingly funny, sick, awful, wrong stuff. He wrote a lot of it....
Not sure, it is cool.Do you think that DVD is still available somewhere?
I need it in my life.
I remember when Carter was president, National Lampoon had his brother Billy reporting from Bang-the-Desk about the starving Bang-the Deskians. (Bangladesh)Back when he wrote for National Lampoon he was somewhat liberal but I wouldn't use that term on him, he was still very much an independent.
I think by the time Trump began making noises about running, he had already moved back to being something of an independent again.
I just found it and it's on its way.Not sure, it is cool.
Enjoy it, it will take you years to read. All on PDF, you can copy to other devices.I just found it and it's on its way.
Enjoy it, it will take you years to read. All on PDF, you can copy to other devices.
Now I want it.I just found it and it's on its way.
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