Global warming is a fact. Now it's up to liberals to make it a reality. Hence there is crucial importance in preventing powerful, greedy free market forces from getting in the way of worsening storms and rising sea levels. The Kyoto Accord is a good first step. P. J. O'Rourke accordcrucialfact share on social
You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke. P. J. O'Rourke breakdiscoverrich Change image and share on social
I write because I like to make things and the only things I am good at making things with are words. P. J. O'Rourke goodmakething Change image and share on social
Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war. P. J. O'Rourke 1950scauseclean Change image and share on social
People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.' P. J. O'Rourke peoplepolarizepolitic Change image and share on social
Some people have facts; these can be proven. Some people have theories; these can be disproven. But people with opinions are mindless and have their minds made up about it. P. J. O'Rourke disprovenfactmake Change image and share on social
When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money. P. J. O'Rourke forbidgovernmenthousehold Change image and share on social
If you talk to most businessmen, they'll say that what they do is for the public good, but you know they're just greedy, and consumers are just consuming for the sake of their own greed. P. J. O'Rourke businessmanconsumeconsumer Change image and share on social
Rich people don't like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don't go in much for revolution or terrorism, either. P. J. O'Rourke itchmilitarypeople Change image and share on social
Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks. P. J. O'Rourke antithesisbagblack share on social
