Editing P. J. O'Rourke (section)

==Life and career==
O'Rourke was born in [[Toledo, Ohio]], the son of Delphine (née Loy), a housewife, and Clifford Bronson O'Rourke, a car salesman.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20120668,00.html | title=Serving Up Emily Post with a Wicked Twist, P.J. O'Rourke Takes Aim at Modern Manners | first1=Kim | last1=Hubbard | first2=Dirk | last2=Mathison | date=July 3, 1989 | work=People | access-date=August 12, 2022 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220224748/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20120668,00.html | archive-date=February 20, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CRazAQAAQBAJ&q=%22The%20Baby%20Boom%20is%20dedicated%20to%20the%20memory%20of%20Clifford%20Bronson%20O'Rourke%20and%20Delphine%20Loy%20O'Rourke,%20progenitors%20thereof.%22&pg=PR5|title=The Baby Boom: How It Got That Way...|first=P.J.|last=O'Rourke|year=2014|publisher=Grove/Atlantic, Inc.|isbn=978-0802121974|via=Google Books}}</ref> O'Rourke had Irish ancestry that traces back to [[County Roscommon]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.irishamerica.com/2007/08/p-j-orourke/ | title=P.J. O'Rourke | first=Chuck | last=Leddy | date=August 2007 | website=Irish America | access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref> He graduated from Toledo's [[DeVilbiss High School (Toledo, Ohio)|DeVilbiss High School]] in 1965,<ref>1965 Pot O' Gold, Volume 33, Thomas A. DeVilbiss High School.</ref> received his undergraduate degree from [[Miami University]] in 1969 and earned a [[Master of Arts]] in English at [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.miamialum.org/s/916/16/interior.aspx?pgid=8067&gid=1&cid=26353|title = Boomers' Ballad|last = Marsh|first = Betsa|work = Miami University Alumni Association|publisher = Miami University|access-date = February 15, 2022}}</ref> Many of O'Rourke's essays recount that during his student days he was a [[left-wing politics|left]]ist, anti-war [[hippie]], but that in the 1970s his political views underwent a ''volte-face''. He emerged as a political observer and humorist rooted in [[libertarian conservatism]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Grove |first=Lloyd |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/06/03/pj-orourke-one-extreme-to-the-other/5c8ee525-76ab-40eb-91d9-ab21795cfd9c/ |title=P.J. O'Rourke One Extreme To The Other |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 3, 1991 |access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Richard |last=Hamer |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2020/03/pj-o-rourke-i-thought-trump-was-unstable-dangerous-i-still-do |title=PJ O'Rourke: "I thought Trump was unstable, dangerous. I still do" |publisher=Newstatesman.com |date= March 4, 2020|access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref>

O'Rourke wrote articles for several publications, including "A.J. at N.Y.U." for ''[[The Rip Off Review of Western Culture]]'', an underground magazine/comic book, in 1972, as well as pieces for the Baltimore underground newspaper ''[[Harry (newspaper)|Harry]]'' and the ''[[New York Ace]]'', before joining ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]'' in 1973, where he served as [[editor-in-chief]], among other roles, and authored articles such as "Foreigners Around the World"<ref>{{cite book|last1=Karp|first1=Josh|title=A Futile and Stupid Gesture|date=2006|publisher=Chicago Review Press|location=Chicago|isbn=978-1556526022|page=[https://archive.org/details/futilestupidgest00karp_0/page/273 273]|url=https://archive.org/details/futilestupidgest00karp_0/page/273}}</ref> and "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Karp |title=A Futile and Stupid Gesture|date=2006|publisher=Chicago Review Press|location=Chicago|isbn=978-1556526022|pages=[https://archive.org/details/futilestupidgest00karp_0/page/336 336–337]|url=https://archive.org/details/futilestupidgest00karp_0/page/336}}</ref>

O'Rourke received a writing credit for ''[[National Lampoon's Lemmings]]'' which helped launch the careers of [[Chevy Chase]] and [[Christopher Guest]]. He also co-wrote ''[[National Lampoon 1964 High School Yearbook Parody|National Lampoon's 1964 High School Yearbook]]'' with [[Douglas Kenney]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Greg|last= Evans |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/p-j-orourke-dead-satirist-author-npr-panelist-was-74-1234934208/ |title=P. J. O'Rourke Dead: Satirist, Author & NPR Panelist Was 74  |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date= February 15, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref> This inspired the cult comedy, ''[[Animal House]]'', which launched the career of [[John Belushi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=PJ O'Rourke dies aged 74 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/pj-orourke-dies-of-lung-cancer-aged-74-6sz8xrd5t |access-date=March 17, 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

Going [[Freelancer|freelance]] in 1981, O'Rourke had his work published in ''[[Playboy]],'' ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]],'' ''[[Car and Driver]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barracudamagazine.com/interview-with-p-j-orourke/ |title=Interview With P.J. O'Rourke |publisher=Barracudamagazine.com |date= |access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref> and ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. He became foreign-affairs desk chief at ''Rolling Stone'', where he remained until 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Althea|last= Legaspi |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/p-j-orourke-dead-obit-1300786/ |title=P.J. O'Rourke, Celebrated Conservative Satirist, Dead at 74 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date= February 15, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2022}}</ref> In 1996, he served as the conservative commentator in the point-counterpoint segment of ''[[60 Minutes]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/news/p-j-orourke-cops-an-attitude/article_4acb5701-a202-53f0-aa55-d4aa4ababc04.html|title=P. J. O'Rourke Cops an Attitude|last = Simon|first = Jeff|website=Buffalo News|date = March 7, 1997}}</ref> During the [[Bosnian genocide]], O'Rourke referred to the American public's lack of interest in [[Bosnia]] as a way to joke about "the unspellables killing the unpronounceables".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8331074.stm | title=Matt Frei's diary: Dilemmas of intervention | first=Matt | last=Frei | publisher=BBC | date= October 29, 2009 | access-date=August 12, 2022}}</ref>

O'Rourke published over 20 books, including three ''[[New York Times]]'' bestsellers. ''[[Parliament of Whores]]'' and ''[[Give War a Chance]]'' reached No. 1 on [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pj-orourke-renowned-political-satirist-journalist-dies-age-74-2022-02-15/|title=P.J. O'Rourke, renowned political satirist and journalist, dies age 74|first=Tyler|last=Clifford|date=February 15, 2022|work = [[Reuters]]}}</ref> He also wrote ''Modern Manners'' and ''[[Holidays in Hell]].''<ref name=":0" /> O'Rourke was a "Real Time Real Reporter" for ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' covering the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pj-orourke/credits/216703|title=P.J. O'Rourke |website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=December 24, 2018}}</ref> In the UK, he was known as the face of a long-running series of television advertisements for [[British Airways]] in the 1990s.<ref name=":0" />

O'Rourke also worked on screenplays in Hollywood, including [[Rodney Dangerfield]]'s ''[[Easy Money (1983 film)|Easy Money]]''.<ref name=":0" />

In 2009, O'Rourke described the nascent [[presidency of Barack Obama]] as "the [[Presidency of Jimmy Carter|Carter administration]] in better sweaters".<ref name="The Age - 23Apr2009 - The world (and its crisis) according to P.J.">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/world/the-world-and-its-crisis-according-to-pj-20090422-afbz.html|title=The world (and its crisis) according to P.J.|last=Shanahan|first=Leo|date=April 23, 2009|work=[[The Age]]|access-date=December 22, 2011|location=Melbourne}}</ref> However, in 2016, he endorsed presidential candidate [[Hillary Clinton]] over [[Donald Trump]]. O'Rourke stated that his endorsement included her "lies and empty promises" and added "She's wrong about absolutely everything, but she's wrong within normal parameters".<ref>{{cite web|last=Gass|first=Nick|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/pj-orourke-endorses-hillary-clinton-222954|title=P.J. O'Rourke hate-endorses Hillary Clinton on NPR quiz show|date=May 9, 2016|work=Politico|access-date=May 18, 2016}}</ref>