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All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty (original 1994; edition 1995)

by P. J. O'Rourke

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With All the Trouble in the World, P. J. O'Rourke once again landed on best-seller lists around the country, confirming his reputation as the pre-eminent political humorist of our time. Attacking fashionable worries - all those terrible problems that are constantly on our minds and in the news, but about which most of us have no real clue - P. J. crisscrosses the globe in search of solutions to today's most vexing issues, including overpopulation, famine, plague, and multiculturalism, and in the process produces a hilarious and informative book which ensures that the concept of political correctness will never be the same again. "One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year." - Los Angeles Times; "All the Trouble in the World is O'Rourke's best work since Parliament of Whores." - The Houston Post; "The dispatches are unfailingly funny....Mr. O'Rourke gets to the heart of the matter with a steady stream of wisecracks....Economists, political scientistsand sociologists are inclined to approach the ills of society with regression analysis. P. J. O'Rourke just points and laughs. Not surprisingly, it is Mr. O'Rourke who gets it right." - The Washington Times; "Bottom line: Buy the book." - The Wall Street Journal.… (more)
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Title:All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty
Authors:P. J. O'Rourke
Info:Atlantic Monthly Press (1995), Paperback, 340 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:****
Tags:Humor, Politics, Libertarianism

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  laplantelibrary | Nov 13, 2022 |
I didn't enjoy this one as much as Holidays in Hell, but O'Rourke has a great storytelling style even when his politics and mine don't exactly agree. He makes a lot of good points, and is funny enough that even where I don't agree with him, his stories are great reading. ( )
  JBarringer | Dec 30, 2017 |
Review: All The trouble In The World by P. J. O’Rourke.

I should have read this book a few years ago. The context is old news but still interesting. O’Rourke’s addresses serious issues with a sense of humor while being established as a good journalist. O’Rourke was on a world wide journey doing research and looking for solutions on the world’s most vexing issues in the late 1990’s. He invested his time on overpopulation, environmental living, economy, famine, plague, and multiculturalism, political and military issues. Some of the best chapters focus on our own back yard (USA) and the mission to save America from itself….

I found the subject mater about Somalia and Vietnam intellectually good reading material. His travels were about the same time Somalia was stricken with warfare and that is about the same time Somalian refugees came to the USA. However, at this time, 2015, Syria refugees are waiting for USA and other countries to take them in. I know right now I’m an American living in the USA, safe but also scared. So some of the context O’Rourke has written about has hit home for me.

I’m glad I read this book (I wish I had read the book sooner) because it’s relates so much information how other countries past and present has struggled to be uncontrolled and still some areas are still seeking solutions to have a place they can call home. Even here in USA O’Rourke has stated things about my country and how things get done when it comes to government, politics, poverty, the homeless, the Veterans, and the military. I read between the lines how many do not take the blame and pass the buck to the next person. This is not just happening in USA but in many countries.

O’Rouke goes on to say that the concept of political correctness will never be the same again. Sometimes, I wonder if it ever was correct….He also explains all his criticisms with fact and meaningful arguments. Like many journalists, he doesn’t have all the answers, but he does have a fairly different perspective.

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  Juan-banjo | May 31, 2016 |
This book entailed a tour of the world's most prominent basket cases, Somalia, Bangladesh and Haiti and some of the lesser afflicted but nonetheless gravely affected ones such as Vietnam and Czech republic. All these conditions such as War, Famine, Poverty etc are of course self inflicted and man made and all of them of course have a solution.
  danoomistmatiste | Jan 24, 2016 |
This book entailed a tour of the world's most prominent basket cases, Somalia, Bangladesh and Haiti and some of the lesser afflicted but nonetheless gravely affected ones such as Vietnam and Czech republic. All these conditions such as War, Famine, Poverty etc are of course self inflicted and man made and all of them of course have a solution.
  kkhambadkone | Jan 17, 2016 |
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With All the Trouble in the World, P. J. O'Rourke once again landed on best-seller lists around the country, confirming his reputation as the pre-eminent political humorist of our time. Attacking fashionable worries - all those terrible problems that are constantly on our minds and in the news, but about which most of us have no real clue - P. J. crisscrosses the globe in search of solutions to today's most vexing issues, including overpopulation, famine, plague, and multiculturalism, and in the process produces a hilarious and informative book which ensures that the concept of political correctness will never be the same again. "One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year." - Los Angeles Times; "All the Trouble in the World is O'Rourke's best work since Parliament of Whores." - The Houston Post; "The dispatches are unfailingly funny....Mr. O'Rourke gets to the heart of the matter with a steady stream of wisecracks....Economists, political scientistsand sociologists are inclined to approach the ills of society with regression analysis. P. J. O'Rourke just points and laughs. Not surprisingly, it is Mr. O'Rourke who gets it right." - The Washington Times; "Bottom line: Buy the book." - The Wall Street Journal.

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