FROM OUR INBOX
P. J. O’Rourke Comment: Paul, it is a delight to hear from you. And thank you for your compliments and kind wishes. I vividly remember that Wisconsin Bar Association meeting. It was one of the best and sharpest audiences I’ve ever spoken to, and receptive to my making fun of Big Government even though the members of the Wisconsin Bar span the political spectrum. I also remember the meeting because it was held at what had been, from 1968 to 1981, the Playboy Club Resort at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. I’d brought my 15-year-old son along on the trip. He read the brochure about the resort’s history. Then – though the place had been fully “de-Hefnerized” more than 20 years before he was born – I watched my son happily drifting into daydreams of a lost paradise as he wandered the grounds. Paul, I’m going to get in touch with you personally about that Farm Policy matter. I belong to a small East Coast organization devoted to the preservation of agriculture and land conservation. The organization’s main activity is managing a trust fund set up in the 19th century to support worthy students who want to go to Ag. School. Our main problem? Finding students who want to go to Ag. School. Dear P.J.: I often skip over American Consequences and go on to the next email. This morning I saw your name in the title, so how could I NOT open it up?
Re: Eat the Rich PJ, I’ve been reading the magazine since inception. It is enlightening, educational and always has a good dollop of humor thrown in. You may recall that you came to Wisconsin to speak at the Bar Convention when I was its President. We haven’t had an in person convention in two years (apparently, the Bar Association is trying to protect us all from each other’s germs). You are a breath of fresh air in an otherwise heavy woke/ politically correct atmosphere. And your writers/contributors are the best. Live a long life (is spite of your hard early years), keep your shit together and, most importantly, keep writing with the light hearted clarity and insightfulness we have come to appreciate over these many years. By the way, I went back and re-read the Chapter in your Parliament of Whores book on the Farm Policy last year in light of the many farmers I represent that were dying on the vine. Still the same bureaucracy, but worse. Have to say that most farmers in Wisconsin are white European descended types, apparently recently moved to the back of the line for government relief. I imagine the poor Farm Service Agency agents (most look the same as their farmers) out trying to give the largesse away to almost non-existent classes of ethnically/ alt. gendered farmers here in the Dairy State the current Administration have prioritized for government help. – Paul S.
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June 2021
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