P. J. O’Rourke – Page 3 – American Consequences

August 2018

What Does Energy Cost

“What does energy cost?” It’s a simple question that should have a simple answer. Energy is as much a necessity as food, shelter, and clothing. A click on the keyboard tells me what those necessities cost. Whole Foods boneless ribeye $11.99/lb. Four...

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August 2018

Living in an Artificial World

To hell with nature. Living in an artificial world is the best thing ever. We need “unnatural,” artificial human interference with the environment.

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July 2018

Knowing Write From Left

Literature hates capitalism. And the hating started while capitalism was still being invented – before “capitalist” was even a word – in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice with its nasty portrayal of Shylock, the only worthwhile person in the play.

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July 2018

3 Books That Aren’t About Investing

Serious investors care about more than the markets. They care about the freedom that makes those markets work, and the wisdom behind that freedom. Serious investors also care about the things that threaten market freedom – such as foolish politics...

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July 2018

Reading The Wealth of Nations All The Way Through

By P.J. O’Rourke Is it really worthwhile to read the entire 900-plus pages of Adam Smith’s An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations? Yes, but… Yes, because you get to be present at the creation of an entire intellectual...

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June 2018

Who Do We Appreciate?

In an American presidential election, voters do not – oddly enough – vote for a presidential candidate. They vote for an “elector” who is “pledged” to vote for that candidate.

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June 2018

Stick a Fork in It, It’s Done

The 2018 Farm Bill: There’s Plenty of Blame – and Manure – to Be Spread Around

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June 2018

The Heartland Will Return With Goat Farms?

One of my favorite investors is Mark Spitznagel. Of course, I admire his success. He is the “Ursa Major” among bears, having correctly (and very profitably) called the stock market crashes of 2000 and 2008.

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June 2018

The Coastals Versus The Heartlanders

They infest the metropolises of the Left Coast and the Eastern Seaboard and they swarm the atolls-of-the-trendy in between... You find them in Ann Arbor, Michigan... Austin, Texas... Boulder, Colorado... all the other places where the smell of pot...

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May 2018

Lessons About Adventure Nerds

And Many Other Things at the 34th Space Symposium

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