P. J. O'Rourke

As celebrity architects create increasingly fantastical cityscapes, it’s worth remembering why Gaudí remains unmatched.

In the 1950s, Disneyland thrilled visitors with its imaginative House of the Future. Now Disney has opened a new House, with a new vision of future domesticity. Our correspondent looks in—and finds that what’s to come will be tough on the stomach, relentlessly beige, and, in every sense, subprime.

The decline of spinsters? Smoke-free living? Drawing on a vast new statistical compendium, our commentator unearths, examines, and extrapolates the hidden challenges to America.

To find the next great ideas, follow the tractors, tourists, and drinkers.

As the Gallup Organization has discovered, the young are another country—and one day it's going to be ours

"Oh, my God—Southwest to Tampa with a thousand people!" In France our correspondent gets an inside look at the new Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane—and actually kind of likes what he sees

So the British have banned the killing of foxes and other wild mammals with the aid of dogs. Now what? A report from the sponge-wet moors of Barmy Britannia

Social Security reform—an explanation

Campaign-finance reform—an explanation

The Crescent of Crime, the Spousal Spine, the Divorce Coasts, the Righteous Region, and other sources of national greatness

The corporate tax bill—an explanation

The highway bill—a translation

An all-purpose post-election editorial, offered free to news organizations across the United States

Do they really like him? Here's what they—or, anyway, people—tell me

The federal budget—an explanation

Medicare reform—an explanation

Colin Powell talks about Iraq, the Cold War, his place in the Administration, and chilling "the ambitions of the evil"

Colin Powell and P. J. O'Rourke discuss foreign policy, Volvos, Elvis, and more. The full transcript of an interview from the September 2004 Atlantic

When was the last time a conservative talk show changed a mind?