Libertarian and humorist P.J. O'Rourke dies at 74
Right-libertarian author, journalist, and humorist P.J. O'Rourke has died from complications of lung cancer. He was 74. After earning a master's degree in English from Johns Hopkins University in 1970, O'Rourke was hired in 1973 at the humor magazine National Lampoon, where he wrote a famous piece of gonzo journalism entitled "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink." He would rise to be the magazine's editor-in-chief. His later jobs included serving as a foreign correspondent for Rolling Stone and an election reporter for Real Time with Bill Maher. O'Rourke also published 20 books, including Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance. [The U.S. Sun]