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From the UK's Daily Mail: A woman who defied a driving ban on female motorists in Saudi Arabia has died in a car crash. They were in a four-wheel drive on Saturday evening in the northern Hael province when the accident happened. Manal al-Sherif

Quoth Doug Mataconis: [W]hen I look at the results of the South Carolina primary, all I can ask myself is, "Has the Republican Party jumped the shark?" That's actually a tougher question than it looks like. The GOP has gone from "on top" to "in the wilde

Jumble of history ... the Baalbek ruins. Photo: Getty Images Lebanon's capital is fast becoming one of the most exciting cities on Earth, writes Ian Henderson. OUT of my Beirut hotel window the jumble of history is everywhere. A ruined Ottoman fort and a

The Caribbean often provides families with their first taste of the tropics, within the safe confines of resorts that offer all the requisite comforts (kids' clubs, watersports, a variety of cuisines to suit the fussiest of eaters). Then there's the shee

Humorist P.J. O'Rourke will speak Thursday night at The University of Texas at Tyler Cowan Center. O'Rourke has covered politics, culture and current events, for such diverse publications as The Weekly Standard, Forbes, Automobile and Rolling Stone. A be

Political satire in time for the New Hampshire primary At a time when Republican candidates are tearing each other apart, some look to make fun of all the candidates and the primary process. Nancy Cordes and Jim Axelrod spoke with political satirist P.J.

Political satire in time for the New Hampshire primary At a time when Republican candidates are tearing each other apart, some look to make fun of all the candidates and the primary process. Nancy Cordes and Jim Axelrod spoke with political satirist P.J.

Political satire in time for the New Hampshire primary At a time when Republican candidates are tearing each other apart, some look to make fun of all the candidates and the primary process. Nancy Cordes and Jim Axelrod spoke with political satirist P.J.

Political satire in time for the New Hampshire primary At a time when Republican candidates are tearing each other apart, some look to make fun of all the candidates and the primary process. Nancy Cordes and Jim Axelrod spoke with political satirist P.J.

THE threshold of a new year is a time for reflection as well as for resolution for the year ahead. As the new year approaches, almost all reflection in Zimbabwe is inevitably upon the magnitude of the economic ills that continue to afflict the country an

I cant wait for him to get back into congress! I wish Russ Feingold would reconsider running for his old senate seat again. With a congress that includes Grayson, Feingold, Franken and Warren, the dems might have a chance to get some good things done for

P.J. O'Rourke has written so many books of humor that no one is quite sure how many. I have it on good authority that it's 15, but since I finished writing this sentence, he may have written yet another. That's how fast he is. I've enjoyed O'Rourke's of

Christmas Eve is tomorrow night. Do you know where Santa Claus is right now? NORAD does, and Santa's quotes (Ho, Ho, Ho!) are the best! Looking for Christmas quotes and funny sayings this holiday season? Perhaps the Best Christmas Quote of 2011 comes fro

They don't go along on all of his adventures; Mrs. O sidestepped a swank Republican boat tour of the Galapagos Islands by being conveniently pregnant with Buster, and they are nowhere to be found in one of the funniest chapters in the book, O'Rourke's tr

First, a little question: Does anybody hedge their bets the way a weather forecaster does? Predictions for this winter call for another La Nina, the same cocktail of conditions that delivered last season's epic snowfall. Sure to be a happy hour special t

I've enjoyed P.J. O'Rourke's off-the-wall writing going back to his Harvard Lampoon days. In his collaborations with Douglas Kenney, he helped birth the subversive humor of the 1970s — before going solo with pieces for Vanity Fair, Playboy and an especia

Outspoken ... P.J. O'Rourke is a gifted satirist. Photo: James Kegley A GREAT work of travel writing can command a physical response from its reader: the neck tingle of a sublime landscape rendered in prose, the gut drop when a voyage takes a turn for th

P.J. O'Rourke travels with a right-wing sensibility. A great work of travel writing can command a physical response from its reader: the neck-tingle of a sublime landscape rendered in prose, the gut-drop when a voyage takes a turn for the worse. There's