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P. J. O'Rourke

One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.

History

P. J. O'Rourke

The great thing about being a print journalist is that you are permitted to duck. Cameramen get killed while the writers are flat on the floor. A war correspondent for the BBC dedicated his memoir to 50 fallen colleagues, and I guarantee you they were all taking pictures. I am only alive because I am such a chicken.

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P. J. O'Rourke

You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.

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P. J. O'Rourke

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

Politics