P.J. O'Rourke is one of America's leading political satirists and the best-selling author of ten books. After graduating from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and attending the graduate program at Johns Hopkins, O'Rourke began his career of telling it like it is with his razor-sharp one-liners and political humor. O'Rourke has written for The National Lampoon, Automobile, American Spectator, Playboy, Esquire, Vanity Fair, and Harper's. He is currently the Foreign Affairs Desk Chief for …showed first 75 words of 1368 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1368 total…own! I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. It was funny, but it also made me think. I believe that we as Americans sometimes take our blessings for granted. I thought, "What would my life be like if I was going to bed in Brazil tonight, or in Sudan?" While it is far from perfect, I would choose to live under the American economy and government over any other in the world.