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P.J. O'Rourke

H.L. Mencken Research Fellow

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P.J. O'Rourke is America's leading political satirist. Formerly the editor of the National Lampoon, he has written for such publications as Car and Driver, Automobile, American Spectator, Playboy, Esquire, Vanity Fair, House and Garden, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review, Parade, Smart, Harper's, and Rolling Stone. He is now a correspondent for the Atlantic.

O'Rourke's books have been translated into a dozen languages and have been bestsellers worldwide. Three have been New York Times hardcover bestsellers: Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance, both of which went to #1, and All the Trouble in the World. He is also the author of Eat the Rich, The CEO of the Sofa, and Peace Kills.


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Articles and Newsletters

"The Problem is Politics," Cato's Letter vol. 6, no. 2.

"Conquering Terrorism With Capitalism," Cato's Letter vol. 1, no. 1.

"The War of the We Against the Me," Regulation Magazine 25:2, Summer 2002, pp. 2.

"Wartime and Family Time," Regulation Magazine 24:4, Winter 2001, pp. 1.

"A Message to Redistributionists," Policy Report XIX:4, 1997.

Opinion and Commentary

"A Plague of 'A' Students," Weekly Standard, May 3, 2010

"We Blew It," Weekly Standard, November 11, 2008

"Fairness, Idealism and Other Atrocities," Los Angeles Times, May 4, 2008

"Letter to Our European Friends," Weekly Standard, January 29, 2008

"Freedom, Responsibility ... and What? Social Security Reform - An Explanation," Atlantic Monthly, April 25, 2005

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Events

"Don't Vote It Just Encourages the Bastards," November 3, 2010 [Book Forum]

"Driving Like Crazy," June 9, 2009 [Book Forum]

"On the Wealth of Nations," January 9, 2007 [Book Forum]

Speeches and Testimony

"On the Wealth of Nations," City Seminar, January 16, 2007.

"Closing the Wealth Gap," Cato Speech, June 18, 1997.

"The Liberty Manifesto," Cato Speech, May 6, 1993.




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Daily Podcast Don't Vote: It Just Encourages the Bastards (November 19, 2010) [Daily Podcast, 10:44]

Events Don't Vote It Just Encourages the Bastards (November 3, 2010) [Events, 55:58]

Media Highlights - Radio P.J. O'Rourke discusses his new book on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday (October 30, 2010) [Media Highlights - Radio, 06:25]

Media Highlights - Radio P.J. O'Rourke discusses his new book on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday (October 30, 2010) [Media Highlights - Radio, 06:25]

Media Highlights - Radio P.J. O'Rourke discusses his new book Don't Vote It Just Encourages the Bastards on CBC (October 12, 2010) [Media Highlights - Radio, 19:06]

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