P. O'Rourke, the legendary bad boy of Gonzo journalismanso Journalism, the finest pro-stylist and Whittiest observer in Washington today, or for several decades joining us to discuss their wasted youth and the present predicament.

A special plague time edition of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, PJ and Andy,

thank you for making the time.

PJ, you're at home.

I am. Peterborough, you're at home. I am.

Peterboro, New Hampshire.

Exactly right.

And Andy, you are in Arlington, Virginia?

That's exactly right.

All right, boys, to the introduction.

Patrick Jake O'Rourke grew up in Toledo, Ohio.

He became one of the inventors of gonzo journalism

during his decades of writing for National Lampoon

at Rolling Stone and at least a dozen other publications. He's the author of again

well over a dozen books including the best book ever written on the way Washington

works, Parliament of Horrors.

Everybody's entitled to an opinion that, ladies and gentlemen,

is a fact.

It's the best.

And his book on the election of 2016,

how the hell did this happen?

PJ O'Rourke now serves as editor-in-chief of American

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