Background
O'Rourke, P.J. was born on November 14, 1947 in Toledo. Son of Clifford Bronson and Delphine (Loy) O'Rourke.
O'Rourke, P.J. was born on November 14, 1947 in Toledo. Son of Clifford Bronson and Delphine (Loy) O'Rourke.
Bachelor, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1969. Master of Arts in English, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1970.
Writer, managing editor National Lampoon magazine, 1973—1981. Freelance writer, since 1981. Writer, then foreign affairs desk chief Rolling Stone magazine, 1981—2001.
H. L. Mencken research fellow Cato Institute, Washington. Regular commentator Real Time with Bill Maher. Regular correspondent Atlantic Monthly, American Spectator, The Weekly Standard.
Frequent panelist Wait Wait. Don't Tell Me!, National Public Radio.
Married Amy Lumet, 1990 (divorced 1993). Married Tina O'Rourke, 1995. 3 children.