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.

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 →

Posted in Elections, Foreign Policy | Tagged 2026 Election, Alberto Fujimori, Dina Boluarte, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jose Balcazar, Keiko Fujimori, Pedro Castillo, Peru, Powerline | 4 Comments

The Babylon Bee Presents The Second Civil War

Posted on June 27, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Babylon Bee: “We Asked AI To Simulate If The U.S. Had A Second Civil War.” Here are the results: “In the city, we’re used to being able to burn down a target and no one does anything. I guess it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Guns, Social Justice Warriors, video | Tagged AI, Babylon Bee, Democrats, Guns, Satire, Social Justice Warriors, video | 2 Comments

LinkSwarm For June 26, 2026

Posted on June 26, 2026 by Lawrence Person

More Medicare scammers captured, Trump wins multiple border security cases at the Supreme Court, the Supremes also drive a stake through a vampire, Ukraine hits a whole lot of bridges in occupied Crimea, dirty commies win Dem primaries in New … Continue reading →

Posted in Border Control, Communism, Crime, Democrats, Elections, Guns, Jihad, Military, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court, Texas, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged 2026 Election, Abigail Spanberger, Adam Savage, AI, al Qaeda, Alexander Lukashenko, Anthony Fauci, antifa, Babylon Bee, Belarus, Benjamin Hanil Song, Bexar County, Black Sea, bot, Brad Lander, Bradford Morris, Bungie, Cameron Arnold, Chicago, China, Claire Valdez, Clownfish TV, Communism, coronavirus, corruption, Crime, Crimea, Dan Goldman, Daniel Rolando Sanchez Estrada, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Democratic Socialists of America, Democrats, Department of Justice, dogs, drones, earthquake, EcoHealth Alliance of New York, Elizabeth Soto, FBI, Feeding Our Future, fraud, gun control, Gun Owners of America, Guns, Hawaii, Herbert Leon Kimbel, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ines Soto, Jeremy Clarkson, Jihad, John Bolton, John Thomas, Joy Gibson, JP Morgan, Kash Patel, Kavkav, Kerch Strait Bridge, Krasnodar, Latvia, LinkSwarm, Lock-Picking Lawyer, locks, logistics, Lynette Sharp, Maricela Rueda, Master Lock, Medicare, Micron, Military, Modern Sporting Rifle, Moscow, movies, Mullin v. Doe, Nathan Baumann, National Review, New York, New York City, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Peter Daszak, Philippines, Pitch Meeting, Poltavskaya, Rebecca Morgan, Regulation, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Ryan George, Said Abdullahi Ereg, Samuel Alito, Savanna Batten, Second Amendment, Semiconductors, Seth Sikes, Smith & Wesson, Spirit Airlines, Stephanie Boyd, Steven Spielberg, Suchomimus, Susan Kent, Texas, Todd Blanche, Tom Scott, Tulsi Gabbard, Ukraine, Vasylivka, Venezuela, Virginia, Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Voronezh, Welfare State, Wendover, Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Zachary Evetts, Zatoka, Zohran Mamdani | 3 Comments

Bill: Hey Universities, You Can Take Money From The ChiComs, Or From Uncle Sam, But Not Both

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Many of America’s universities have proven eager to take money from communist China for “partnership” arrangements. A new bill aims to put an end to that by making them choose between ChiCom money and federal funding. Republican U.S. Rep. Pat … Continue reading →

Posted in Communism, Regulation, Texas | Tagged Adam Cahn, China, college, Communism, Confucius Institutes, education, National Security Act of 1947, Pat Fallon, subsidies, Taiwan, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Scorecard | 5 Comments

House Investigates Austin’s Own Soros-Backed DA Jose Garza

Posted on June 24, 2026 by Lawrence Person

It turns out if you repeatedly flout Uncle Sam’s immigration laws, sooner or later Uncle Sam is going to notice. Congressional Republicans have launched an investigation into Travis County District Attorney José Garza’s handling of immigration-related cases, accusing his office … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Border Control, Crime, Democrats, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas | Tagged Austin, Border Controls, Brandon Waltens, Chip Roy, Crime, Democrats, George Soros, Illegal Aliens, Jim Jordan, Jose Garza, Republicans, Social Justice Warriors, Texas, Texas Scorecard, Tom McClintock | Leave a comment

$1 Billion In Medicare Fraud

Posted on June 23, 2026 by Lawrence Person

One billion dollars is a sum that gets your attention, especially when it’s alleged Medicare fraud. A Las Vegas nurse practitioner… Not an administrator, not a doctor, a nurse practitioner. Although the average nurse practitioner earns about $130,000 a year … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Texas, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged AllCare Mobile Wound Treatment, Brazoria County, Crime, fraud, Houston, Las Vegas, Marizel Yukee, Medicare, My BestHealth First, Nevada, Oracle Wound Treatment, Philippines, Texas, Welfare State, Wound Medic | 7 Comments

Starmer Slithers Offstage

Posted on June 22, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Two Tier Keir has left the building. That’s from Sky News, which is better than most, but the words “Muslim” and “rape” are conspicuously absent, a point made about CNN’s coverage by James Waterman of NewsBusters. Over the last few … Continue reading →

Posted in Jihad, Media Watch, Social Justice Warriors | Tagged censorship, Clare Sebastian, CNN, Foreign Policy, Illegal Aliens, immigration, Iowahawk, Jeremy Corbyn, Jihad, Keir Starmer, Labour, Labour Together, Media Watch, Newsbusters, Social Justice Warriors, UK | 3 Comments

Russia’s Military: Thermoclines of Truth (And Endemic Corruption) All The Way Down

Posted on June 21, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Thermoclines of truth, where valid information can’t make it to the top of organizations because telling unpleasant truths is discouraged, has been an ongoing concern of the blog. Simon Whistler and his crew have taken a look at the Russian … Continue reading →

Posted in Military, video | Tagged AI, Alexandra Arkhipova, Black Sea, corrupt scumbags, corruption, Crimea, Donbas, Donetsk, drones, Hornet drone, logistics, MiG-31, Military, Morrigan drone, Roman Demurchiev, Ruslan Tsalikov, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Sergey Shoygu, Simon Whistler, Sloviansk, Starlink, Su-57, thermocline of truth, torture, Ukraine, Valery Gerasimov, video, Vladimir Putin, Yuri Vaganov | 35 Comments

Judges Tire Of Soros-Backed DA Krasner Lying To Them

Posted on June 20, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Judges hate it when people lie to them, and when they do it over and over again, they start to get pissed. And the office of Soros-backed Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner seems to be lying to them an awful lot. … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Democrats | Tagged Crime, David Strom, death penalty, Democrats, George Soros, Hot Air, Kevin Dougherty, Larry Krasner, Nancy Winkelman, Paul George, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Social Justice Warriors | 8 Comments

LinkSwarm For June 19, 2026

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Lawrence Person

Happy Juneteenth, the day we celebrate Republicans freeing the slaves! This week: More Newsom graft, the Iran War maybe ends, he horrific extent of Muslim rape gang activity in the UK revealed, black rain in Moscow, two Supreme Court decisions … Continue reading →

Posted in Austin, Budget, Crime, Democrats, Foreign Policy, Guns, Jihad, Military, Obama Scandals, Social Justice Warriors, Supreme Court, Texas, video, Waste and Fraud, Welfare State | Tagged Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, Adam Cahn, AI, aircraft, Anita Sarkeesian, Armiansk bridge, Asmongold, Babylon Bee, Barcelona, Border Controls, California, China, Chongar strait bridge, Clownfish TV, Crime, Crimea, Critical Drinker, DC vs. Heller, DEI, Democrats, dogs, Donetsk, Donna Robinson, drones, El Paso, eminent domain, EU, Fabienne Keller, Flock AI cameras, Foreign Policy, France, gay, Google, Guns, Hector Rusthenford "Nino" Guerrero Flores, Illegal Aliens, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Iran, Irkutsk, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jihad, Jimmie Pusok, Joshua Bear, Joyce Hutcherson, Juneteenth, Karmelo Anthony, Knicks, Labour, Lauren Bis, LinkSwarm, logistics, Mexico, Military, Moscow, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), NBA, Neil Gorsuch, New York City, New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, Nick Freitas, Obama Scandals, Peter McLoughlin, plane crash, rape, Rick Beato, Rotherham, Rudolph Pusok, Rupert Lowe, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian War, Rybinsk, Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Second Amendment, sex offender, Social Justice Warriors, Spain, Stephen Green, Steven Spielberg, Suchomimus, Supreme Court, Taiwan, Taj Hargey, terrorism, Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Scorecard, Texas Supreme Court, Tren de Aragua, Tu-22M3, Tula, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), UK, Ukraine, Venezuela, video, video games, Vox.com | 13 Comments

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