By P.J. O’Rourke The romance of being remote, isolated, and incommunicado used to be my career. I was a foreign correspondent from 1984, during the civil war in Lebanon, until the Iraq War in 2003 (when I decided...
How Bad Could It Be? Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke Dateline: January 1, 2020, still in bed, hiding under the blankets with my laptop. New Year’s Day – when the “Over” meets the “Hang.” The two...
Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke Predictions often tell you more about the predictor than the predicted. There’s a fine line between making prognostications and drawing up a wish list… And I’m...
Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke A well-known saying is attributed to the Spanish mystic and Carmelite nun St. Teresa of Ávila (1515-1582): “There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over...
Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke Not long ago there were more Democrats running for president than you could shake a stick at. (And they all wanted to tax the stick.) But lately it’s looking like...
Fight for the Right (Or Left) to Party Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke I think we can safely assume that Donald Trump will be the Republican candidate. (Never mind that the phrase “safely assume”...
By P.J. O’Rourke I’m an ordinary middle-American old married man. I’m used to everybody being smarter than me. Major media outlets are full of reporting and editorials about how stupid my political, social, and cultural...
By P.J. O’Rourke If there be e-volution, there surely is de-volution, a degradation of the species. – H.S. Carpenter, 1882 They tell us that We lost our tails Evolving up From little snails I say it’s all Just...
Whose Bright Idea Was It To Make Sure That Every Idiot In the World Was in Touch With Every Other Idiot? Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke Social media comes in for a lot of criticism… The big...
Patriotism is a warm and personal business. Nationalism is another business entirely. Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke The difference between patriotism and nationalism is the difference between the...
