Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.

Democrats: Addicted To Scumbags

Posted on July 7, 2026 by Lawrence Person

I’d been staying away from covering the Platner story… …outside of the LinkSwarms because pretty much everyone was covering the story. But now that commie scumbag Nazi tattoo guy is multiple rape accusations commie scumbag Nazi tattoo guy, Democrats are … Continue reading →

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Drugged Transients Overrun Austin Library

Posted on July 6, 2026 by Lawrence Person

As a teenager middle schooler discovering science fiction, I used to love going to the library. (That was, of course, before the Internet, and before I bought a house to store my own library in.) However, it’s doubtful Austin children … Continue reading →

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More Antifa Scumbags Sentenced

Posted on July 5, 2026 by Lawrence Person

In all the Independence Day excitement this week, I missed that the rest of the antifa ICE attack scumbags were sentenced: Another group of defendants tied to a protest that escalated into violence outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement … Continue reading →

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Happy 250th Birthday, America!

Posted on July 4, 2026 by Lawrence Person

250 years ago today: “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for July 3, 2026

Posted on July 3, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Happy Independence Day Eve! We plan to celebrate America’s 250th Birthday tomorrow in the time-honored tradition: Blowing things up. More Democrat welfare state fraud, dispatches from the Democrat Civil War, another very bad week for Russian logistics (and aircraft, and … Continue reading →

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Russia Update: Gas Shortages, Plane Shortages, Crimea’s Collapse

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Lawrence Person

The longer Russia’s illegal war of territorial aggression against Ukraine continues, the more things in Russia (and occupied Ukraine) seem to be breaking. First up: gasoline shortages across Russia. The lines are growing at Russian gas stations — and so … Continue reading →

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RAM Cartel? I Seriously Doubt It.

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Lawrence Person

A class action lawsuit has been filed against memory giants Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron alleging the nefarious, cartel like action of…making the products with the highest profit margins. The world’s biggest memory chip makers are once again facing accusations … Continue reading →

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Texas Supreme Court Halts Harris County’s Illegal Alien Slush Fund

Posted on June 30, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Democrat-run locales seem incapable of understanding that government programs should benefit taxpayers rather than their cherished illegal aliens. So the Texas Supreme Court had to issue an injunction against Harris County’s illegal alien defense slush fund: The Supreme Court of … Continue reading →

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The End Of Humphrey’s Executor: Death Knell For The Deep State?

Posted on June 29, 2026 by Lawrence Person

The Supreme Court just ended Humphrey’s Executor, and it’s potentially a huge deal. SCOTUS ruled 6-3 to end a precedent that the president set in Humphrey’s Executor v. United States from 1935. Therefore, Trump had the authority to fire FTC … Continue reading →

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Fujimori Wins Peru Presidency (Note: This Is Not A Repeat From 1995)

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Lawrence Person

The headline “Fujimori Wins in Peru” might leave some readers wondering which decade they’ve woken into, but the Fujimori in this case is daughter Keiko rather than father Alberto. Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori, age 51, appears to have won election … Continue reading →

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