I've been a fan of P.J.'s work, whether or not I agreed with what he was saying, since, well, since a long time, okay? And I have to admit it: he's not the writer he once was. This may not be entirely a bad thing, but...Don't Vote... has some thought put into it, no question. Indeed, as he adm...
How can you not like a book with a first chapter named "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting your Wing Wang Squeezed and not Spill your Drink." This was written during his NatLamp years. The next chapter is his 50 year old self responding to his 20 year old self. O'Rourke makes me laugh o...
This is an author that can have you rolling on the floor with laughter, but this is a different kind of book. It's an autobiography of sorts. Or rather, it's the story of how the baby boomers grew up and got to be how they are. P.J. O'Rourke can't help being funny, of course, so if any other auth...
Former war correspondent P.J. O’Rourke, tired and too old for danger, takes on a series of supposedly safer, more comfortable journeys. This time he has his family, including his children with him. His journeys include our nation’s capital, skiing in Ohio, and a horseback trek in Kyrgystan. O’Ro...
Reading the 900 pages of Adam Smith's "Wealth of Nations" just seemed daunting. So I did the next best thing: I had someone else summarize it for me. O' Rourke's book actually not only summarized all 5 books of "The Wealth of Nations," but provided a complete guide to understanding both Adam Smit...
Entertaining and acerbicly written, as one might expect. It's also interesting from an historical perspective these days. More depressing is while many of the conflicts and situations described have changed considerably (particularly Beirut and South Africa) similar turmoil has erupted elsewher...
I'm grateful that I spent only 25 cents on this crap -- in the overstock section of the Lawrenceville library (which is basically just a homeless shelter without any beds). For years, friends have recommended P.J. O'Rourke, and after reading an agreeable Atlantic article (about jumbo-jets), I fig...
They don't call economics the dismal science for nothing. As P.J. O'Rourke puts it in his latest book, "Economics is just too complicated. It makes our heads ache." And no wonder. The economics profs turn simple ideas like people buy less of something as it gets more expensive into something arca...