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p.j. o'rourke . in any good book to read people. the first book. when was this put out. >> the racial addition of that was 1983. host: was is about. p.j.: this book bound up being adam smith. i was simply puzzled and i did not understand why some countries are rich in other countries are poor. and so i started poking around, going to rich countries and poor countries and try to see if i can figure out why this country was rich in other countries report. that was from that experience that the editor of globe clinic in england, who came up with this idea of a series of books . books that change the world. i went my books on adam smith is one. christopher has been also on thomas paine. twice the men. in very good to dance. it was because of adam smith in the poking around that toby asked me to write on adam smith. host: command, new jersey. >> i am not sure why p.j. o'rourke deserves to be taken seriously to given time on the show when a man who i suspect never wore the uniform, and a from hearing about his politics in the vietnam era, would not have d

p.j. o'rourke, go ahead. hello, come in nesbitt. okay, new jersey, go ahead. >> caller: i am not sure why mr. o'rourke should be taken seriously and given time on your show when a man who, i suspect, never wore the uniform and i suspect from hearing about his politics from the vietnam era would have done his darndest to avoid wearing a uniform and is so utterly flippant about war and we have a war now that we should not have had and i happen to have been a republican for 50 years, voting for three times for nixon and twice for ronald reagan but tens of hundreds of thousands of iraqis have been killed and no useful purpose is served by this war and i think it's abominable that this mr. o'rourke can make fun of war and can find nothing amusing about it but the question i wanted to ask is he talks about the imperative of free markets and those mr. o'rourke have any conception about why we have things like minimum wage laws and maximum hour laws and osha laws and he does remember the conditions that existed in america before we had those

p.j. o'rourke. >> tonight, on book tv, political leaders beginning at 8 p.m. eastern, "time" magazine national political correspondent molly ball discusses the career of house speaker nancy pelosi. followed by a discussion on what donald trump and winston churchill have in common. then a talk about the character and motivations of north korea's kim jong-un. watch book tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span2. the. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in for a pro forma session. they are meeting briefly every three days to technically stay in session while senators are in their home states. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the parl men tehran will read a communication to the senate. the parliamentarian parliamentarian:washington,d.c. , may 26, 2020, to the senate:under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable josh hawle >> the u.s. senate gavelling out after a brief pro

p.j. o'rourke. the author of 19 books in 2010 he appeared at the cato institute in washington, dc where he is also a senior fellow, to offer hi thoughts on politicians and the federal government. >> i will not be satisfied until every seat in the house and senate is filled by a regular person, a regular person who quite reasonably hates being there. i want government to be like jury duty. and not jury duty for some exciting crime, like the oj simpson murder. i want government to be like jury duty for a long, boring, complex, confusing, trial, concerning tax law. in fact let me suggest indicting our federal tax code just for starts. which is nothing but fraud. i want government to be dull, a dull and onerous responsibility like attending a parent-teacher conference, something to be untaken with weary lee luck tenant because good citizenship requires it. i want every congressman, every senator, every president, every supreme court justice to be wishing, longing, begging to go back to his or her real j

p.j. o'rourke. that's all tonight beginning at 6:50 p.m. eastern. find more information on your program guide or online at booktv.org. .. excited to host the conversation with jon mooallem presenting his new book "this is chance!: the shaking of an all-american city, a voice that held it together". he will be talking with jazmine hughes. you are in for an excellent evening. i want to say a few things. to the publisher and all of you, green lights to our friends are close right now but our community is still here and thanks so much. we are in a webinar which means they can see and hear you though they can see your name so they know you are here. if you have anything you want to share, type your message in the chat window. if you have a question you would like answered you can use the q and a icon. when we get to the you and a, start thinking about it now. we are recording so look for video and audio versions later on, and this is the important part, bookstores are closed for shopping but john's books are available, i will paste the link in a minute b

p.j. o'rourke discusses politics and why he uses humor to address political and social issues.host: is the real picture of you not awake. >> oh yeah, not awake. i would guess that was in 71.

p.j. o'rourke. that's all tonight beginning at 6:50 p.m. eastern. find more information on your program guide or online at booktv.org. .. excited to host the conversation with jon mooallem presenting his new book "this is chance!: the shaking of an all-american city, a voice that held it together". he will be talking with jazmine hughes. you are in for an excellent evening. i want to say a few things. to the publisher and all of you, green lights to our friends are close rino

p.j. o'rourke. >> tonight, on book tv, political leaders beginning at 8 p.m. eastern, "time" magazine national political correspondent molly ball discusses the career of house speaker nancy pelosi. followed by a discussion on what donald trump and winston churchill have in common. then a talk about the character and motivations of north korea's kim jong-un. watch book tv tonight and over the weekend on c-span2. the. >> the u.s. senate is about to gavel in for a pro forma session. they are meeting briefly every three days to technically stay in session while senators are in their home states. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the parl men tehran will read a communication to the senate. the parliamentarian parliamentarian:washington,d.c. , may 26, 2020, to the senate:under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable josh hawle >> the u.s. senate gavelling out after a brief pro forma. returning for votes monday, june 1st with work on june 1st, follow live senate coverage here on c-