| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Obits- |
| PJ O'Rourke, A Legendary Conservative Writer And Satirist, Dies At The Age Of 74 |
| 2022-02-16 |
| [DailyCaller] P.J. O'Rourke, a legendary American political satirist and journalist, died Tuesday at the age of 74 from lung cancer complications. O'Rourke was the author of over 20 books, including two New York Times bestsellers, "Parliament of Whores," and "Give War a Chance." He was also the editor and chief of the former humor magazine "National Lampoon" from 1978 to 1980. New York Post columnist John Podhoretz eulogized O'Rourke Tuesday, saying he was, "for a long time, the only cool conservative writer in America." Podhoretz remembered him as a kind man, and a great satirist and writer. He also wrote that O'Rourke "skewered clueless old leftists" with his sharp satire. The vice president and spokeswoman of O'Rourke's publisher, Grove Atlantic, confirmed his death in a statement. "Our dear friend and cherished Grove Atlantic author P. J. O'Rourke passed away this morning from complications of lung cancer," the statement reads. I really enjoyed his books, especially 'Holidays in Hell' |
| Posted by:Mullah Richard |
| #6 “Foreigner Around the World” could never be made now |
| Posted by: Beavis 2022-02-16 17:17 |
| #5 Let's not forget "All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty". RIP |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-02-16 14:13 |
| #4 Of course his hate of Trump might have ensured more positive obituaries. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-02-16 13:11 |
| #3 Give War a Chance and Holidays in Hell were favorites. Parliament of Whores wasn't bad either. Sad that he caught Trump Derangement Syndrom. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-02-16 13:10 |
| #2 Also "Eat the Rich." "Parliament of whores" has entered the vocabulary. A nice summary phrase for our reigning kakocracy that should be used more often. |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-16 11:07 |
| #1 Holidays in Hell was excellent. "What, in most places would be considered a hazard in the road, in the Third World, is actually the road..." "Let me see your bizport, your bassboat, your pisspot. No where else but the middle east will you hear your travel documents mispronounced so colorfully..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-02-16 09:15 |