Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. I'm still between jobs. Feel free to hit the tip jar if you're so inclined.

Soros-Backed DA Chesa Boudin Recalled in San Francisco

Before this year, if you had asked observers where the next big conservative political revolution would come from, “San Francisco” would probably be about the last place on the list. But first voters ousted three radical school board members over … Continue reading →

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The Great Leveler Is Coming, Mimi

In The Before-Time, The Long Long Ago, prior to The Great Dot Com Bubble Bust, newspapers (remember those?) were filled with reports of day-traders, ordinary people who quit their day jobs to trade stocks. And what do you know! A … Continue reading →

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D-Day: 78 Years Ago Today

78 years ago today, some 175,000 American, British and Canadian troops were either being dropped behind enemy lines or coming ashore under enemy fire at Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha and Utah beaches. Here’s some footage of D-Day: There are still … Continue reading →

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Successful Ukrainian Counterattack in Severodonetsk?

Information coming out of the Russo-Ukrainian War can be hard to verify, especially given how untrustworthy the mainstream media have made themselves. But Ukraine seems to have launched a successful counterattack in the key city of Severodonetsk. Russia is “suffering … Continue reading →

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Now Is A Great Time To Adopt A Pet

Some sad but predictable news: Soaring inflation is causing some people to abandon or surrender family pets. According to a growing number of reports, the soaring costs of food, gas, and housing are causing a spike in the number of … Continue reading →

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5 Indicted APD Officers Sue City, DA Garza, SJW Groups

The kangaroo court proceedings against 19 APD officers for daring to enforce the law and keep order rather than letting the hard left’s pet Antifa/BlackLivesMatter rioters go on a spree of destruction continues to grind away, but five of the … Continue reading →

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More Donna ISD Weirdness: Active Shooters Thwarted?

This is a small post-Uvalde-shooting story that I might not have posted had it not happened in Donna ISD. Four students at a high school in Donna, TX were arrested last week for making terroristic threats towards their school just … Continue reading →

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Biden Administration Changes Rules To Get Graft Flowing To Leftwing Cronies Again

My Working Theory is that every single expansion of the welfare state is merely a means to pass graft into the hands of Democratic Party cronies and leftwing activists. Today’s data point: Merrick Garland is bringing back Obama-era legally-mandated slush … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day: Remembering Samuel David Dealey

This Memorial Day we honor the memory of Navy Commander Samuel David Dealey, AKA The Torpedo Toting Texan, AKA Destroyer Killer, the Medal of Honor winner whose submarine the U.S.S. Harder sank five Japanese destroyers in five days off the … Continue reading →

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