Satirist P.J. O'Rourke: Driving Like Crazy in Palo Alto
Cubberley Community Center (4000 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303)
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The last date listed for Satirist P.J. O'Rourke: Driving Like Crazy was Thursday June 11, 2009 / 7:00pm.
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Activist/Author Raj Patel Investigates the World Food Crisis
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British-born Raj Patel has lived and worked in Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United States, so it's safe to say he has a pretty comprehensive world-view. Called "the rock star of social justice," this activist is best known for his 2008 book Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. See him live at the Cubberly Community Center, where he'll delve into the complex reasons why half the world is malnourished while the other half suffers from overabundance and obesity. He'll have you looking at the food on your plate in a whole new way. Learn More
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P.J. O'Rourke was quite entertaining, as I usually find him to be, even if I don't agree with his politics.Written on Jun 12 2009
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<p>P.J. O’Rourke: Humorist and Author of Driving Like Crazy: Thirty Years of Vehicular Hell-bending, Celebrating America the Way It’s Supposed To Be – With an Oil Well in Every Backyard, a Cadillac Escalade in Every Carport, and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Mowing Our Lawn
Political satirist O’Rourke celebrates America’s love affair with cars in his newly collected anthology of spiels-on-wheels. The grandson and son of car dealers, O’Rourke reveals his own fascination with automobiles and recaps some of his most memorable and humorous road trips, “from places that you wouldn’t want to be to places you wouldn’t want to go.”</p>
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