With his books (Parliament of Whores, Give War a Chance, and All the Trouble in the World) becoming international best-sellers, P.J. O'Rourke has firmly established himself as the nation's premier political satirist. Called "the funniest writer in America" by The Wall Street Journal, O'Rourke is quoted in Penguin Dictionary of Humorous Quotations more often than any other living person. Reporting on hot spots from Somalia to Bosnia to Haiti, he covers the major stories of our time with the skill and discipline of an investigative journalist, but returns with the unique spin that has earned him a singular reputation as the modern day Will Rogers. At the lecture podium, P.J. has enthralled some of the most prestigious corporations, associations and universities in the country. Whether dealing with the state of the nation, the issues that shape our contemporary world or the hilariously serious people who pontificate about them, his razor sharp insights never fail to inform and entertain. In 1972, P.J. went to work at National Lampoon, where he became editor-in-chief in 1978. By 1980, P.J. felt a little too mature for the Lampoon so he moved to Hollywood and wrote scripts. One of the screenplays he worked on was Rodney Dangerfield's "Easy Money". Soon afterwards he returned East, to New York, where he joined Rolling Stone. Since that time and in addition to his current position as Foreign Affairs Editor for Rolling Stone, P.J. has written for everything from Esquire to Car and Driver. In addition to praise from The Wall Street Journal and Time, he has been cheered by sources ranging from Richard Nixon to Vogue (which named him "one of the five men you'd most want to sit next to at a dinner party"). His best sellers include All the Trouble in the World, Parliament of Whores, Give War a Chance, Republican Party Reptile, Holidays in Hell, Modern Manners and the recently released Bachelor's Home Companion. Although P.J.’s persona is that of a hard-bitten, cigar-smoking Conservative (making him unique among satirists), he tends to bash all politicos. As he himself notes: “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” P.J. divides his time between Washington, D.C. and New Hampshire.