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late – for them or for us. There’s a great lesson in what you say – a lesson I’m sure you practice with your son – keep talking to the kids ! They may seem deaf to reason, but if you continue pouring truth into their ears it eventually seeps into their brain. PJ is a great read. Wish I could remember most of it in conversation with my, presumably, intellectual friends. Those are the ones who think they have it figured out. Please keep the thoughts coming and will continue to try and assimilate... – Jan C. P.J. O’Rourke Reply: Thanks, Jan. And don’t worry about that memory issue. I supposedly make my living by getting cogent arguments down on paper. And then when I argue with my presumably intellectual friends, I completely forget whatever logical thinking I did and just end up yelling, “Damn it, you’re wrong !” Re: America: the Good, the Bad, and the United I am so excited that you are back in the U.S. where did you settle? I am a long time reader and live in the Seattle, Washington area. Are you close? Are you single or have others in your life? Why did you leave? Love and Blessings, Taral S. “Almost everyone wants to come here”, yep but that’s after they tried to go to Switzerland... .Joke aside, being a Swiss living in Cali, I will never go back. Yes, the choices I like and what’s awful in Europe is that everything is always closed, particularly in Switzerland. An example; fitness opens at 9 and closes at 7. It’s closed on Sunday.
early and began immediately at Indiana State U as a (I kid you not) Theater Major. I actually owned a t-shirt with a bullseye and “Official National Guard Target” on the front. Leap forward several years, one son and one divorce later... I went back to school, much chastened and now a math/ Industrial Engineer major. My Dad had unsuccessfully attempted to jumpstart my interest in all things Econ. It came, but it took a loooooong time. It eventually became our most common conversational ground as I grudgingly became more and more conservative in thought and practice – much to his relief and my shock. Nothing like real work to convict you along those lines...
Thanks for all the cool essays, – Angela N.
P.J. O’Rourke Reply: You’re welcome, Angela. And thanks (I think) for the memories. Ah, yes, “the good ole days.” What a mess they were! We complain a lot about kids today (see my “Letter From the Editor” in this issue.) But it would take a lot of doing for them to have more bad ideas about more different things than we had back in the 60s and early 70s. What heartens me is that our generation did get over it (with a few bald-in-front-ponytail-in-back exceptions). Although, as you point out, it often did take “a loooooong time” not to mention that “real work.” The best thing in your letter is that, obviously, you kept talking to your dad. A lot of us hippie types suffered a total breakdown in communication with our parents and sometimes never really spoke to them about the important things in life until it was too
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