"There’s something about Marxism that brings out warts–the only kind of growth this economic system encourages."
      —from Give War a Chance
Republican Party Reptile
Essays and Outrages
by P. J. O'Rourke
ISBN: 0-87113-622-8 / ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-622-0
US $14.00 - 5 1/2 x 8 1/4, 240 pp - Sep. 1995

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Apologia Pro Vita Republican Party Reptile Sua xiii
Things of the Intellect
A Brief History of Man3
An Intellectual Experiment5
Myths Made Modern16
Tune In, Turn On, Go to the Office Late on Monday25
A Long, Thoughtful Look Back at the Last Fifteen Minutes32
World Politics
Safety Nazis37
Ship of Fools43
Goons, Guns, and Gold71
Just One of Those Days93
Man and Transportation
Ferrari Refutes the Decline of the West101
High-Speed Performance Characteristics of Pickup Trucks114
A Cool and Logical Analysis of the Bicycle Menace122
How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink128
Manners and Mores
Hollywood Etiquette141
Dinner-Table Conversation148
An Alphabet for Schoolboys156
Horrible Protestant Hats163
The Ends of the Earth
In Search of the Cocaine Pirates169
With Hostage and Hijacker in Sunny Beirut186
Moving to New Hampshire198