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Re: Our Newest Readers Weigh In
do to fix this. They told me: “Please point James to our archive page with PDFs if he wants to print out all 100-plus pages on his own”... That’s right here: https://americanconsequences.com/archive/ . Sorry. Hope your printer (and your ink cartridge budget) is better than mine! I’m looking forward to your humor and to learn! More Power To YOU, Mr. O’Rourke – Kathryn Guillaum P.J. O’Rourke comment: Dear Kathryn, Bless your heart! (And I hope it’s really you who’s writing, not my agent using an alias.) Re: Two ‘Solutions’ YouWon’t Like (February 21, 2018 issue of American Weekly Consequences ) It was interesting reading the diatribe against UBI, until I came to the part where the $1,000 monthly stipend was assumed would be spent on drugs; drugs, and the various hedonistic materials the author claimed he would spend the money on. I read the remainder, but with the fact in mind that the author couldn’t be trusted with the public’s money at all. And here I was, reading his advice on how the public’s money should be spent for everyone’s benefit. Well, somebody’s benefit. After trusting Republicans to reduce debt, only to see them and their Democrat
This is right in my wheelhouse. I am a 60-year-old man who has been mostly retired for a little over a year. A little too much tin foil hat in some of the comments from readers, but otherwise good. I will complain about the illustration on the MEN WITHOUTWORK article ( January issue ). I almost always wear pants in the mornings. – Harold Thomas P.J. O’Rourke comment: Not me! I’m 70 and mostly retired, and I do as I darn well please! (Or I do until my wife tells me to quit walking around in my boxer shorts.) Anyway, a tip of the tin foil hat to you, Harold. Is there a paper version of this journal? That just works better for me than pads and phones. Just asking! – James Tooley P.J. O’Rourke comment: James, I wish! A paper version works better for me too. Unfortunately, the cost of paper, printing, and postage is what’s driven most good magazines out of business. We’re trying to be a good magazine. That means spending our money, first and foremost, on good writing. (Plus the stuff I do.) Therefore, we have to go with the most cost-efficient means of getting the magazine to you. However, per your request, I did ask our Tech Department if there was anything we could
16 March 2018
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