Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government
by P. J. O’Rourke
P.J. O’Rourke’s introduction to how America’s political system’s machinery works, written after going to report on the 1988 US presidential race for six months (though his stay in Washington ended up stretching to two years). He writes, “Majority rule is a precious, sacred thing. But—like other precious sacred things, such as the home and family—it’s not only worth dying for; it can make you wish you were dead.”
