P. J. O’Rourke Archives - American Consequences

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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P.J. O’Rourke: The Price of Freedom: What COVID Has Cost Us

April 5, 2021 - P.J. O'Rourke reminds us of the liberties we've lost during COVID, meditating on the nature of freedom -- and how it may or may not have something to do with GDP.

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Corona’s Cultural Contagion

March 22, 2021 - A year into the pandemic, P.J. O'Rourke wonders if America learned the wrong lessons from the crisis (if any) and details what COVID has cost us culturally.

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March 2021

The Price of Freedom: What COVID Has Cost Us

PJ O'Rourke dissects the disparities between economic success and personal liberties internationally, answering the age-old chestnut, "Does money make you free?"

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March 2021

Corona’s Cultural Contagion

A year into the pandemic, P.J. O'Rourke wonders if America learned the wrong lessons from the crisis (if any) and details what COVID has cost us culturally.

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Why America Loves Conspiracy Theories

March 2, 2021 - From QAnon to Antifa, P.J. O'Rourke knows the one reason why America's obsessed with conspiracy theories, and it's not what you think.

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P.J. O’Rourke: America’s Populism Problem

February 22, 2021 - We have a populism problem in America... One big, honking populist has just been shooed out of the White House. And his replacement – while more of an old political hack and Washington...

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February 2021

QAnon and Beyond: Why America Loves Conspiracy Theories

By P.J. O’Rourke Brian Klaas, professor of global politics at University College London, wrote an excellent opinion piece about conspiracy theories in the January 25 Washington Post. Of course – given the...

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