P.J. O'Rourke: Last of a dying breed

The Society, By J.L. Reiter

The late departed writer P.J. O’Rourke was one of my two favorite journalists from the Baby Boom generation, the other being Hunter S. Thompson. Despite being from opposite ends of the political spectrum, Thompson and O’Rourke had a few things in common. They both liked a drink, a smoke, and a drug or two, though Thompson took that beyond the extreme. T…