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"One of the funniest writers in the world.Practically everything by O'Rourke is worthwhile. The author does the job of informing us with humor and not by whining which many books of this type will do. Although this book is written at the height of the 90's there is a multitude of things happening during that time & he goes You have to have some thick skin to really be able to read this book. Cringe-inducing commentary on the environment. While earnest college kids hug trees and whine about being victims, the rest of the world, in O'Rourke's eye, is determined to get rich. This is my second favorite of his books after the immortal Let me say this up front, I am a PJ O'Rourke fan. by
“We are endowed with a moral capacity that animals, plants, rocks-and many fervent ecologists-lack. O'Rourke is the H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!. On the other hand, if it doesn't bother you, this is a funny and informed look at a lot of issues that worry modern Americans. LOTS of stuff that would go over like a fart in church, i.e.
We’d love your help. O 19Rourke was on a world wide journey doing research and looking for solutions on the world 19s most vexing issues in the late 1990 19s. Also his some what flippant (and probably now inaccurate) comparisons of population densities strike quite keenly at my own smug first world assumptions. Teabaggers today don't have the slightest idea of what happened during our 2008 financial meltdown and thus were easily talked into blaming it all on home owners drowning in debt on variable rate mortgages they didn't understand, school teachers who have the temerity to earn a middle class wage, and Mexican immigrants who actually pay into our social programs yet benefit little from their hard work. Title notwithstanding, this latest from the National Book Award–winning author is no guidebook to getting woke.In fact, the word “woke” appears nowhere within its pages.
O'Rourke is an American political satirist, journalist, writer, and author. Overpopulation: Just enough of me, way too much of you.
With biting wit, careful research, and lots of on-the-ground experience (plus a few too many simplistic and unA sobering, entertaining, and occasionally irritating read. I guess it's nice to be reassured that the inKind of weird to read a (what is admittedly a well written, for the form) right wing screed from the mid 90's today. The subtitle is a pretty accurate description: "The lighter side of overpopulation, famine, ecological disaster, ethnic hatred, plague, and poverty." ― P.J. He truly is very funny about serious issues. Super impressive research to cover the varied topics i.e. Yes, his writing is biased (show me writing that isn't) Yes, he can be bombastic. It's nothing now but a space on the map full of quarreling nationalities with too many k's and z's in their names--armed scrabble contestants. There's lots of typical O'Rourke yuks: the near-libelous name-calling; the international search for good booze and pretty women; and the admitted attacks of ``troglodyte dyspepsia.''
His personal take on famine and pestilence is not exactly gentle, but its fun. He helps you realize it's not population density that's a problem, it's lack of freedom and rule of law. The nasty, powerful and belligerent empire that was the Soviet Union has fallen apart. O’Rourke pulls no punches in going after the fashionable worries, those that appear constantly in the news but about which most of us are rally ignorant about. Learning about bureaucracy, economics, disasters, famine, etc... has never been so much fun. throwing the homeless under the bus as a bunch of crack addicts, and a wierd, overwhelming obsession with Gore and Hillary. While reading this, I felt that we in America have it pretty good compared to many in India, South America and the like.
He travels around the world trying to discover the causes of why some places suck and others do not. Rolling Stone's token Republican and the H.L. O’Rourke travels the world to explore real problems-- overpopulation, famine, plague, and multiculturalism. O'Rourke, All the Trouble in the World. The world is in trouble. The section on Famine was especially eye-opening.O'rourke is a drunken Irishmen with some out of whack bullshit typical rich white man ideals. O'Rourke touts the glories of free minds and free markets as we currently enjoy them in the US, despite, in his view, the current administration's effort to undermine both. He explains a bit about their history and what is/was being done to solve these problems. constantly tying abortion to black people (Fun fact, actually worked at an abortion clinic, VERY high percentage of white people there. All the Trouble in the World The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty by P. J. O’Rourke “One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year.” O'Rourke touts the glories of free minds and free markets as we currently enjoy them in the US, despite, in his view, the current administration's effort to undermine both. You sometimes can't help but laugh at what P.J. His message exposes folly without answering in hope.I have recommended All the Trouble in the World to many people. Also his some what flippant (and probably now inaccurate) comparisons of population densities strike quite keenly at my own smug first world assumptions. by Atlantic Monthly Press A sobering, entertaining, and occasionally irritating read. I have reread it several times since. In All the Trouble in the World, best-selling political humorist P.J. Buy All the Trouble in the World (O'Rourke, P. by
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