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.

Why Poor People Support Trump

If you’re looking to figure out the Donald Trump phenomena, you could do a lot worse than reading this interview with J.D. Vance, the author of the book Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis. It’s … Continue reading →

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Clinton Corruption/DNC/Election Update

Yeah, I’m in a rush, so it’s going to be one big list tar-ball. (Or if you prefer, tarball. Call it clintoncorruption.tar.gz.) Nate Silver at 538 now gives Donald Trump a 55% chance of winning the presidency over Hillary Clinton. … Continue reading →

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What is It With the Clintons Hiring Employees With Ties to the Muslim Brotherhood?

I can certainly understand the Clinton clan’s self-centered greed and avarice. What I struggle to understand is why they keep repeatedly hiring employees with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Take, for example, former Clinton Foundation employee Gehad El-Haddad, who was … Continue reading →

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First Day of DNC Makes RNC Look Like A Lovefest

You’ve probably already heard that DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigned for leaked DNC emails showing the whole DNC was in the tank for Hillary as deeply as we already knew, and that she instantly accepted a position with the … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for July 25, 2016

Enjoy another Texas vs. California roundup: June marked the 114th month that Texas was at or below the national unemployment average. Texas also created 246,600 jobs in the service sector. Once again Texas ranks as the best state for business, … Continue reading →

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Obama: “I’m Voting for Trump”

Obama says he’ll be voting for Trump. Although it’s not clear that he’s an American citizen, and thus eligible to actually vote for President. Enjoy this accurate-but-misleading headline on a slow news Sunday.

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LinkSwarm for July 22, 2016

Haven’t been covering the RNC because I have too much going on. So enjoy this LinkSwarm instead: Full text of Donald Trump’s RNC speech. No I didn’t watch it. “It’s telling that so many city leaders hate their state or … Continue reading →

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Turkey: Here Come the Death Squads

“Turkey will temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights after announcing a state of emergency following the attempted coup.” After all, you can’t very well let pesky documents stand in the way of your liquidating your political enemies. The … Continue reading →

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Faster, Erdogan! Purge! Purge!

Evidently Erdogan’s previous purges were just the beginning. Now he’s declared a three month state of emergency and really cranked up the purge machinery. He fired all university deans and suspended 21,000 private school teachers in yet another reaction to … Continue reading →

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FWISD Backs Down On Tranny Bathrooms

I haven’t been able to focus much time on the issue, but parents in Ft. Worth have been fighting a tranny bathroom policy unilaterally imposed by Fort Worth ISD superintendent Kent Scribner over their objections. Good news! After Texas Attorney … Continue reading →

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