Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

P. J. O'Rourke

Index P. J. O'Rourke

Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947), known as P.J. O'Rourke, is an American political satirist and journalist. [1]

77 relations: Alpha Delta Phi, Anal cancer, Animal House, Ars Americana Ars Politica, Booknotes, Bosnian genocide, British Airways, Car and Driver, Cato Institute, Chevy Chase, Christopher Guest, Cujo, Donald Trump, Douglas Kenney, Driving Like Crazy, Fairfax Media, Freelancer, Give War a Chance, Gonzo journalism, H. L. Mencken, Harry (newspaper), Hillary Clinton, Hippie, Holidays in Heck, Holidays in Hell, IBM Selectric typewriter, Internet Archive, Jane Austen, John Belushi, John Hughes (filmmaker), Johns Hopkins University, Journalism, Left-wing politics, Lemmings (National Lampoon), Lena Horne, Libertarian conservatism, Libertarianism, Los Angeles Times, Master of Arts, Miami University, National Lampoon (magazine), National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody, National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody, Neo-Luddism, New York Ace, NPR, Parliament of Whores, Playboy, Presidency of Barack Obama, Presidency of Jimmy Carter, ..., Real Time with Bill Maher, Republican Party Reptile, Rolling Stone, Satire, Sharon, New Hampshire, Sidney Lumet, Stephen King, The Age, The American Spectator, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, The New York Times, The New York Times Best Seller list, The Rip Off Review of Western Culture, The Washington Post, The Weekly Standard, Thrown Under the Omnibus, Toledo, Ohio, Typewriter, United States presidential election, 2008, Vanity Fair (magazine), Volte-face, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, War Feels Like War, Washington, D.C., Writing, 60 Minutes. Expand index (27 more) »

Alpha Delta Phi

Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ), commonly known as Alpha Delt, ADPhi, or ADP, is a North American Greek-letter secret and social college fraternity.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Alpha Delta Phi · See more »

Anal cancer

Anal cancer is a cancer (malignant tumor) which arises from the anus, the distal opening of the gastrointestinal tract.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Anal cancer · See more »

Animal House

National Lampoon's Animal House is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Animal House · See more »

Ars Americana Ars Politica

Ars Americana, Ars Politica: Partisan Expression in Contemporary American Literature and Culture is a 2010 critical study by Peter Swirski.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Ars Americana Ars Politica · See more »

Booknotes

Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Booknotes · See more »

Bosnian genocide

The term Bosnian genocide refers to either genocide at Srebrenica and ŽepaIWPR, Genocide Conviction for Serb General Tolimir, 13 December 2012.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Bosnian genocide · See more »

British Airways

British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier and the largest airline in the United Kingdom based on fleet size, or the second largest, behind easyJet, when measured by passengers carried.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and British Airways · See more »

Car and Driver

Car and Driver (CD or C/D) is an American automotive enthusiast magazine.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Car and Driver · See more »

Cato Institute

The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded as the Charles Koch Foundation in 1974 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the conglomerate Koch Industries.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Cato Institute · See more »

Chevy Chase

Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase (born October 8, 1943) is an American actor, comedian and writer.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Chevy Chase · See more »

Christopher Guest

Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest (born February 5, 1948), usually simply known as Christopher Guest, is a British-American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian who holds dual British and American citizenship.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Christopher Guest · See more »

Cujo

Cujo is a 1981 psychological horror novel by American writer Stephen King, about a rabid dog.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Cujo · See more »

Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Donald Trump · See more »

Douglas Kenney

Douglas Clark Francis Kenney (December 10, 1946 – August 27, 1980) was an American writer and actor who co-founded the magazine ''National Lampoon'' in 1970.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Douglas Kenney · See more »

Driving Like Crazy

Driving Like Crazy is a 2009 book by P. J. O'Rourke about the automobile.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Driving Like Crazy · See more »

Fairfax Media

Fairfax Media Limited (formerly John Fairfax and Sons) is one of the largest media companies in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Fairfax Media · See more »

Freelancer

A freelancer or freelance worker is a term commonly used for a person who is self-employed and is not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Freelancer · See more »

Give War a Chance

Give War a Chance is a 1992 book by American writer P J O'Rourke.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Give War a Chance · See more »

Gonzo journalism

Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Gonzo journalism · See more »

H. L. Mencken

Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, satirist, cultural critic and scholar of American English.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and H. L. Mencken · See more »

Harry (newspaper)

Harry was an underground newspaper founded and edited by Michael Weiss, Doug Wanken, Michael Carliner and Tom D'Antoni and published biweekly in Baltimore, Maryland from 1969 to 1972.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Harry (newspaper) · See more »

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, and the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Hillary Clinton · See more »

Hippie

A hippie (sometimes spelled hippy) is a member of a counterculture, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Hippie · See more »

Holidays in Heck

Holidays in Heck is a 2011 book by P. J. O'Rourke about the author's travels to various venues.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Holidays in Heck · See more »

Holidays in Hell

Holidays in Hell is a non-fiction book by P.J. O'Rourke about his visits to areas of conflict during the 1980s as a foreign correspondent, as well as to some less high-profile locations.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Holidays in Hell · See more »

IBM Selectric typewriter

The IBM Selectric typewriter was a highly successful model line of electric typewriters introduced by IBM on 31 July 1961.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and IBM Selectric typewriter · See more »

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and nearly three million public-domain books.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Internet Archive · See more »

Jane Austen

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Jane Austen · See more »

John Belushi

John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and singer.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and John Belushi · See more »

John Hughes (filmmaker)

John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American writer, director, and producer.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and John Hughes (filmmaker) · See more »

Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University is an American private research university in Baltimore, Maryland.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Johns Hopkins University · See more »

Journalism

Journalism refers to the production and distribution of reports on recent events.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Journalism · See more »

Left-wing politics

Left-wing politics supports social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Left-wing politics · See more »

Lemmings (National Lampoon)

National Lampoon: Lemmings, a spinoff of the humor magazine National Lampoon, was a 1973 stage show that helped launch the performing careers of John Belushi, Christopher Guest, and Chevy Chase.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Lemmings (National Lampoon) · See more »

Lena Horne

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an African American singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Lena Horne · See more »

Libertarian conservatism

Libertarian conservatism is a political philosophy and ideology that combines right-libertarian politics and conservative values.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Libertarian conservatism · See more »

Libertarianism

Libertarianism (from libertas, meaning "freedom") is a collection of political philosophies and movements that uphold liberty as a core principle.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Libertarianism · See more »

Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Los Angeles Times · See more »

Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium; abbreviated MA; also Artium Magister, abbreviated AM) is a person who was admitted to a type of master's degree awarded by universities in many countries, and the degree is also named Master of Arts in colloquial speech.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Master of Arts · See more »

Miami University

Miami University (also referred to as Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university on a 2,138-acre campus in Oxford, Ohio, 35 miles north of Cincinnati.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Miami University · See more »

National Lampoon (magazine)

National Lampoon was an American humor magazine which ran from 1970 to 1998.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and National Lampoon (magazine) · See more »

National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody

National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody is an American humor book that was first published in 1973.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody · See more »

National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody

National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody is an American humor "book", a parody that was first published in 1978 by ''National Lampoon'' magazine.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and National Lampoon Sunday Newspaper Parody · See more »

Neo-Luddism

Neo-Luddism or new Luddism is a philosophy opposing many forms of modern technology.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Neo-Luddism · See more »

New York Ace

New York Ace was an underground newspaper founded in New York City in late 1971 by ex-East Village Other staffers to fill the void created by the demise of the EVO.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and New York Ace · See more »

NPR

National Public Radio (usually shortened to NPR, stylized as npr) is an American privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization based in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of over 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and NPR · See more »

Parliament of Whores

Parliament of Whores is an international best-selling political humor book by P. J. O'Rourke published by Atlantic Monthly Press in 1991.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Parliament of Whores · See more »

Playboy

Playboy is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Playboy · See more »

Presidency of Barack Obama

The presidency of Barack Obama began at noon EST on January 20, 2009, when Barack Obama was inaugurated as 44th President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 2017.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Presidency of Barack Obama · See more »

Presidency of Jimmy Carter

The presidency of Jimmy Carter began at noon EST on January 20, 1977, when Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as 39th President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1981.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Presidency of Jimmy Carter · See more »

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher is a talk show that airs weekly on HBO, hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Real Time with Bill Maher · See more »

Republican Party Reptile

Republican Party Reptile, subtitled The Confessions, Adventures, Essays and (Other) Outrages of P. J. O'Rourke is a 1987 collection of essays by American satirical writer P. J. O'Rourke.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Republican Party Reptile · See more »

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on popular culture.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Rolling Stone · See more »

Satire

Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Satire · See more »

Sharon, New Hampshire

Sharon is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Sharon, New Hampshire · See more »

Sidney Lumet

Sidney Arthur Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American director, producer, and screenwriter with over 50 films to his credit.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Sidney Lumet · See more »

Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Stephen King · See more »

The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and The Age · See more »

The American Spectator

The American Spectator is a conservative U.S. monthly magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and The American Spectator · See more »

The Atlantic

The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher, founded in 1857 as The Atlantic Monthly in Boston, Massachusetts.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and The Atlantic · See more »

The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast is an American news and opinion website focused on politics and pop culture.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and The Daily Beast · See more »

The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and The New York Times · See more »

The New York Times Best Seller list

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and The New York Times Best Seller list · See more »

The Rip Off Review of Western Culture

The Rip Off Review of Western Culture was an underground comics magazine published by Rip Off Press and produced out of San Francisco, California.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and The Rip Off Review of Western Culture · See more »

The Washington Post

The Washington Post is a major American daily newspaper founded on December 6, 1877.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and The Washington Post · See more »

The Weekly Standard

The Weekly Standard is an American conservative opinion magazine published 48 times per year.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and The Weekly Standard · See more »

Thrown Under the Omnibus

Thrown Under the Omnibus, a 2015 book by P. J. O'Rourke, is an anthology of the author's work selected and written by the author.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Thrown Under the Omnibus · See more »

Toledo, Ohio

Toledo is a city in and the county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Toledo, Ohio · See more »

Typewriter

A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by printer's movable type.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Typewriter · See more »

United States presidential election, 2008

The United States presidential election of 2008 was the 56th quadrennial presidential election.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and United States presidential election, 2008 · See more »

Vanity Fair (magazine)

Vanity Fair is a magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Vanity Fair (magazine) · See more »

Volte-face

Volte-face is a total change of position, as in policy or opinion; an about-face.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Volte-face · See more »

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Wait Wait...

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! · See more »

War Feels Like War

War Feels Like War is a 2004 British documentary film.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and War Feels Like War · See more »

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Washington, D.C. · See more »

Writing

Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language and emotion with signs and symbols.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and Writing · See more »

60 Minutes

60 Minutes is an American newsmagazine television program broadcast on the CBS television network.

New!!: P. J. O'Rourke and 60 Minutes · See more »

Redirects here:

P J O'Rourke, P. J. ORourke, P.J. O'Roarke, P.J. O'Rourke, PJ O'Rourke, Patrick Jake O'Rourke, Pj o'rourke, Pj orourke.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._J._O'Rourke

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »