The Inimitable P. J. O’Rourke
Across 11 years of writing at <em>The Atlantic</em>, the late journalist and satirist championed a sense of fun.
by Faith Hill
Feb 15, 2022
2 minutes
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The journalist and political satirist P. J. O’Rourke, who died today, had a knack for making serious subjects funny. In 11 years of , he covered bleakness— —with skepticism and a dash of absurdity. (Explaining his wariness of , he wrote: “A chilling characteristic of politicians is that they’re not in it for the money.”)
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