The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad. P. J. O'Rourke badcomparecontemporary Change image and share on social
War diminishes both civil and economic rights. P. J. O'Rourke civildiminisheconomic Change image and share on social
Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed. P. J. O'Rourke carelesscarryconceal Change image and share on social
Rahm Emanuel is, we are almost certain, a vampire. P. J. O'Rourke emanuelrahmvampire Change image and share on social
The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're living. P. J. O'Rourke braveryimportantinnovation Change image and share on social
Californians devised a system of electricity sales that ignored every dimension of the free market. P. J. O'Rourke californiandevisedimension Change image and share on social
Libertarianism is a way of measuring how the government and other kinds of systems respect the individual. At the core of libertarianism is the idea that the individual is sacrosanct and that anything that's done contrary to the well-being of the individual needs some pretty serious justification. P. J. O'Rourke contrarycoregovernment share on social
Harvard is the home of American ideas. P. J. O'Rourke americanharvardhome Change image and share on social
Political discourse has become so rotten that it's no longer possible to tell the stench of one presidential candidate from the stink of another. P. J. O'Rourke candidatediscourselong 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