P. J. O’Rourke Archives - American Consequences

Daily July 2021

How to Argue in Favor of Free Markets

July 26, 2021 – For all the market skeptics, agnostics, and atheists out there, P.J. O'Rourke synthesizes the sage financial insights of one Milton Friedman.

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Daily July 2021

Why Kids Today Don’t Understand Free Markets

July 19, 2021 - Millennials and Zoomers, your financial illiteracy is not your fault. You came of age when money fell under the abstraction of digitization and mass government intervention. So, here's a free lesson.

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Love, Death, and Money

June 5, 2021 – Our Editor in Chief P.J. O'Rourke's been digging into the lifeblood of money for decades, and today we're sharing the first chapter from his re-released bestseller Eat the Rich.

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Daily June 2021

The Baloney American Jobs Plan

June 28, 2021 – Our Editor in Chief P.J. O'Rourke bravely volunteers to delve into Biden's "American Jobs Plan," coming to the foregone conclusion that its creators need to seek another form of employment.

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Eat the Rich

June 5, 2021 - Do you finally want to understand what the $&^! economists are droning on about all the time? Then P.J.'s newly released, updated bestseller Eat the Rich is the book for you.

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Daily May 2021

John Boehner Book Review: Throwing His Book at Them

May 31, 2021 - Politicians' memoirs are typically good for very little -- least of all reading. But former Speaker of the House John Boehner's book is an endlessly quotable firing squad aimed at Washington's idiocy.

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Daily May 2021

America’s Worst-Made Plans Come Home to Roost

May 24, 2021 - The Biden administration plans to spend $6 trillion of your money, America: our legendary editor P.J. O'Rourke doesn't think the Founding Fathers would approve of this national heist.

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April 2021 Daily Magazine Exclusive

We Need More Cancel Culture

April 26, 2021 - There's only one problem with cancel culture – there's not enough of it. Here is how the wokesters need to get even more creative with their virtue signaling.

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America’s New Pastime: The Politicization of Everything

April 19, 2021 - Politics is the ultimate weapon, meaning D.C. is so dangerous right now because no matter if you lean Left or Right, every agenda has since been weaponized.

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April 2021

America’s New Pastime: The Politicization of Everything

Politics is the ultimate weapon, meaning D.C. is so dangerous right now because no matter if you lean Left or Right, every agenda has since been weaponized.

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