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Legendary journalist and political satirist P.J. O’Rourke has died from lung cancer complications at the age of 74.
O’Rourke — a libertarian famed for his razor-sharp wit — notably skewered both Democrats and Republicans in print and on television.
“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys,” O’Rourke famously wrote in 1991. He later described described the presidency of Barack Obama as “the Carter administration in better sweaters.”
He published 19 books in total, including his most recent best-seller “Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land,”
Comment:
Sad to see him go.
He was a witty writer.
I recommend his book "Eat the Rich".
It's about why some countries and cultures are prosperous, and others are not.
O’Rourke — a libertarian famed for his razor-sharp wit — notably skewered both Democrats and Republicans in print and on television.
“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys,” O’Rourke famously wrote in 1991. He later described described the presidency of Barack Obama as “the Carter administration in better sweaters.”
He published 19 books in total, including his most recent best-seller “Cry from the Far Middle: Dispatches from a Divided Land,”
P.J. O’Rourke, legendary political satirist, dead at 74
O’Rourke — a libertarian famed for his razor-sharp wit — notably skewered both Democrats and Republicans in print and on television.
nypost.com
Comment:
Sad to see him go.
He was a witty writer.
I recommend his book "Eat the Rich".
It's about why some countries and cultures are prosperous, and others are not.