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November 2020

2020: What’s the Point?

An Article That Wasn’t Supposed To Be About Politics By P.J. O’Rourke Photograph of P.J. O’Rourke and Clio By Frank Saul The week before the election, I went bird hunting… to take my mind off...

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November 2020

Beautiful Losers

Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke What if they held an election and all the candidates lost? That’s more or less what just happened… We elected nobody president. Albeit he is a...

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It doesn’t matter who wins the election… Fake fact-checking… Forget Biden Blue Wave and Trump Train – here’s what will really drive stocks

Editor’s Note: Did you read it yet?! Our American Consequences October issue published Saturday. It’s bursting with original content, like this Letter From the Editor… Only P.J. can take the impending...

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October 2020

Keep In the Vote

By P.J. O’Rourke Since 1980, U.S. presidential election voter turnout has averaged 53.7%. In the last hundred years, no voter turnout for any federal election has topped 62.8%, and that was in 1960 during the...

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October 2020

It Doesn’t Matter Who Wins

America is an enormous ship of state, too big and complicated for any single person to control it… Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke Our ship of state is an old-fashioned square...

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Keep IN the vote… Elections are always a choice between pain and humiliation… Our consensus reality has shattered

THIS IS A SPECIAL SNEAK PEEK OF OUR UPCOMING OCTOBER MAGAZINE…SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR FREE TO GET THE ISSUE AS SOON AS IT PUBLISHES OCTOBER 17! Keep IN the Vote By P.J. O’Rourke Since 1980, U.S. presidential...

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September 2020

The Joy of Rioting

WHY WARRING FOR PEACE NEVER WORKS By P.J. O’Rourke I feel angry at the violent chaos, sorry for the owners of destroyed businesses and property, worried about the well-being of innocents caught in mob turmoil, sympathy...

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September 2020

Trump’s 2nd Term Agenda

Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke When it comes to choosing between presidential campaign platforms, what should be a matter of principle can turn into a matter of taste… How do you like your...

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August 2020

Joe Biden’s 564 pages of empty promises

Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke Now I’ll tell you what you’re thanking me for… I just read Joe Biden’s presidential campaign platform so you don’t have to. If you’re thinking, “Thanks anyway...

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July 2020

Things I Say to Drive My ‘Woke’ Kids Nuts

By P.J. O’Rourke My three children, ranging in age from teens to early 20s, are (of course) “woke.” That is, they are strongly opposed to oppression, persecution, discrimination, prejudice, inequality, unfairness...

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