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.

Ted Cruz Christmas Classics

It’s funny enough… I hear this is supposed to run during Saturday Night Live tonight…

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DNC Data Breach: Less Security Concern, More Clinton Dirty Tricks

I included the DNC data breach story in my LinkSwarm roundup, but the more I look at it, the less the story seems like “data breach by Bernie Sanders team” and more like “dirty tricks by Hillary Clinton’s team.” Here’s … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for December 18, 2015

It’s a week before Christmas, and I hope everyone is having a better week than I am (I’m sick and my dog’s sick). Former FBI counterterrorism agent says that we haven’t gotten squat in terrorism leads from “moderate Muslims,” and … Continue reading →

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Texas Racing Commission Flips Off Legislature Yet Again

Time and time again the executive, legislative and judicial branches have told the Texas Racing Commission “You’re breaking the law and you have to repeal your approval of historical gambling” (i.e., thinly disguised slot machines). And time and time again … Continue reading →

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Failing to Show Up in Texas U.S. House Races

The filing deadline has passed for 2016 races in Texas, and once again several U.S. House seats will go uncontested. The first step to winning a race is showing up for one. Even token candidates force the opposition to expend … Continue reading →

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Camille Paglia On Feminism (Again)

The always outspoken and quotable Camille Paglia has another interview up on feminism, this one with Spiked. A few excerpts: The problem with too much current feminism, in my opinion, is that even when it strikes progressive poses, it emanates … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Schools Closed Over Terror Threat

It seems that the entire Los Angeles School District is closed today due to a bomb threat. If it’s that easy to close down the country’s second largest school district, what’s to prevent Islamic State sympathizers from getting the district … Continue reading →

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Congressional Medal of Honor Winner Tibor Rubin, RIP

Congressional Medal of Honor winner Tibor Rubin, who went from being a prisoner at Mauthausen concentration camp to being one of the baddest bad-asses in the Korean War, died at age 86 last week. In summer 1950, Mr. Rubin was … Continue reading →

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Explosion in Verviers, Belgium

An explosion has ripped the facade off a townhouse in the Belgian town of Verviers. While it’s possible it was a gas leak, the town “has recently appeared in the headlines in connection with the mastermind of the Paris terror … Continue reading →

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Cruz Leads Trump By 10 Points In Iowa

It was easy to dismiss the first poll that showed Ted Cruz up over Donald Trump in Iowa as an outlier. However, a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll shows Cruz up a hefty 10 points over Trump. “Seven … Continue reading →

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