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.

LinkSwarm for January 1, 2021

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, 2020 didn’t manage to kill you! Happy New Year! “Ukraine Press Conference Explicitly Ties Hunter & Joe Biden To Corruption“: A video from a press conference in Ukraine is going viral. It is the follow-up … Continue reading →

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China Perfidy Roundup for December 31, 2020

We started the year with China lying about the deadly virus that was about to sweep the world, so let’s end the year with a China news roundup: There was a major leak of a database containing the names of … Continue reading →

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Austin Mayor Adler To Bar Owners: I Decree No New Year’s Eve For You! Governor Abbott: In a Pig’s Eye You Do!

Because he just hadn’t done enough to bankrupt Austin restaurants and bars, Mayor Steve Adler decreed that would not be allowed to stay open past 10:30 PM on New Year’s Eve: NOW THEREFORE, I, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, … Continue reading →

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Thomas Sowell on White Liberals

Thomas Sowell (and others) on the identity fetish of white liberals.

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San Diego Schools Declare War on Learning

San Diego previously had a reputation for being one of the sanest large cities in California, resisting the worst far-left lunacy infecting other parts of the state. But possibly not any more, as the San Diego Unified School District looks … Continue reading →

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Dave Barry’s Year End Review for 2020

It’s that time of the year again, when Dave Barry summarizes the what we all went through in 2020: In the past, writing these annual reviews, we have said harsh things about previous years. We owe those years an apology. … Continue reading →

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UT Disbands PC Police

A tiny bit of good news in a dismal year: Political speech is under attack these days from Beijing to Berkeley, so we’ll take victories where we can get them. One arrived Tuesday when the University of Texas at Austin … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 25, 2020

Welcome to a special Christmas day LinkSwarm! And by “special,” I mean “because Christmas falls on Friday.” Explosion rocks downtown Nashville. “Around 6:30 a.m., police received a call for a suspicious RV with no tags parked across from the Davidson … Continue reading →

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Stellarscope’s “Silent Night”

As a break from politics, enjoy Stellarscope’s version of “Silent Night”: Tomorrow there will be a Christmas Day LinkSwarm. Merry Christmas!

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What Rough Porkulus Shambles Out of Washington?

People asked why Nancy Pelosi delayed passing a Wuhan coronavirus relief bill until now. One obvious reason was to avoid helping President Donald Trump’s reelection chances. Now that both houses of congress have passed this 5,593 page monster of a … Continue reading →

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