Satirist PJ O’Rourke has died.

The Spectator ^ | February 15, 2022 | The Spectator

[PallMal]

The great American journalist and satirist PJ O’Rourke has died. He contributed a number of articles to The Spectator over the years.

[dfwgator]

He believed in Free Trade Uber Alles, that’s where I started to move away from him.

[Noumenon]

He was also savagely funny 8n the old National Lampoon.

[BenLurkin]

Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink. — P.J. O’Rourke

[HighSierra5]

From covid or with covid?

[sima_yi]

Oh, no!

[SES1066]

I am indeed saddened! While he may have faded of late as most do, he was brilliant at many times as few are!

RIP and God’s Blessings on your Family & Friends!

[Secret Agent Man]

Crap. I enjoyed much of his work.

[rktman]

RIP. Putin/rusha no doubt.

[algore]

I wonder if someone could write a similar book to
“Parliament of Whores” today.

or would the author get blacklisted canceled, accused of being a Russian agent etc

[Allegra]

Aw, man. I didn’t always agree with him but I enjoyed reading his stuff. I think my copy of “Republican Party Reptile” is in my storage unit. And as teenagers, my siblings and I giggled and snickered at my parents’ copies of the National Lampoon HS yearbook and Sunday Paper.

R.I.P.

[JonPreston]

Ah...that rings a bell.

[Army Air Corps]

I was introduced to his books in my freshman year of undergrad, and his writing appealed to my already cynical sensibilities.

[Ancesthntr]

RIP, and condolences to his family. Thanks for the insights and outing the hypocrites in government over the years.

[Steely Tom]

He was also savagely funny 8n the old National Lampoon.

Utah! Utah, you doorknob!

[dfwgator]

PJ O’Rourke: “I thought Trump was unstable, dangerous. I still do”

https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2020/03/pj-o-rourke-i-thought-trump-was-unstable-dangerous-i-still-do

[chuckee]

Love his sense of humor. Great libertarian humorist.
RIP PJ.

[Drew68]

As a young college student in the early 1990s, O'Rourke's books were instrumental in guiding me from being a liberal to a conservative.

RIP sir.

[SunkenCiv]

He was an earlier version of Ann Coulter, with the intellectual pretense of George Will.

• O'Rourke: US-Israel relationship must transcend 'a prime minister who is racist' [04/07/2019]
• Conservative Author and Humorist P.J. O'Rourke Endorses Hillary [05/10/2016]
• Conservative Author P.J. O'Rourke Reluctantly Backs Clinton [05/09/2016]
• PJ: Trump "Double Agent," Cruz "Dragging" "Social Issues," "Hate Immigration Stuff" [12/26/2015]

[Chode]

RIP, may God bless

[SpaceBar]

P.J. wrote mainly during the Bush I and Clinton years, and therefore seems ‘dated’ by contemporary points of view, but I predict he will enjoy a resurgence of popularity after his death because his clever insights transcend any ‘current administration’ like good literature should.