There are 1.3 billion people in China, and they all want a Buick. P. J. O'Rourke billionbuickchina Change image and share on social
Politics is the one field you don't age out of. P. J. O'Rourke agefieldpolitic Change image and share on social
Everybody in America who didn't come over the Bering Strait ice bridge stole his land from somebody else. P. J. O'Rourke americaberbridge Change image and share on social
As a nation, Kuwait has been, arguably, free of freedom itself. Claimed in turn by Constantinople, Riyadh, and Baghdad, Kuwait has survived by playing Turks off Persians, Arabs off one another, and the English off everyone. P. J. O'Rourke arabarguablybaghdad share on social
In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character. P. J. O'Rourke assassinatecharacterdeath share on social
Nobody is making Americans buy Chinese goods. P. J. O'Rourke americanbuychinese Change image and share on social
Opinions of language are as interesting as opinions of arithmetic. P. J. O'Rourke arithmeticinterestlanguage Change image and share on social
All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers' unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step. P. J. O'Rourke agebarchild Change image and share on social
I'm not a tech-savvy parent. I communicate with my children via the old-media format called yelling. P. J. O'Rourke callchildcommunicate 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
