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.

What Damon Linker Leaves Out About the Immigration Debate

So Damon Linker has penned a one-eyed-liberal-in-the-land-of-the-blind piece on how cultural elites have brought opposition to immigration (and Donald Trump) upon themselves by their failure to enforce border controls. These institutions have been sluggish to respond to this discontent because … Continue reading →

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Wallace Hall/Joe Straus Update

Got a bunch of links building up concerning Wallace Hall, Joe Straus and related topics that I’m just going to shotgun out here: UT reforms admissions process so it can only admit unqualified, well-connected students if it really, really wants … Continue reading →

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Let the Texas Racing Commission Die

The Texas Racing Commission is tasked with overseeing and regulating horse and greyhound racing in Texas. In 2014, the commission decided to legalize “historical racing”. What’s historical racing, you ask? That’s where bettors use a machine to wager on already-run … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California: Cali Goes Batshit Insane Edition

California has long had a tenuous grasp of what the rest of us regard as consensus reality. But two new pieces of legislation suggest they’ve gone off the deep end into full Victimhood Identity Politics land: First, they decided that … Continue reading →

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VP Joe Biden Meeting With Top Democratic Fundraisers

Hmmm, I wonder what that could possibly be about… Also, according to Ace, Biden has reportedly offered Elizabeth Warren the VP spot and promise to run a one-and-done Presidency. That would make things very interesting indeed.

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Welcome to Black Monday

If you haven’t been checking your 401K recently, now may not be the day to do it, as markets are plunging around the globe. China’s Shanghai composite index had the largest one-day selloff since 2007. Japan’s Nikkei average fell 4.6%, … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 21, 2015

Small LinkSwarm this time. “Hillary Clinton is the contemporary poster child for special privileges for the rich and powerful.” Latest Iran deal revelation: Iran gets to self-inspect their own nuclear site. But Kerry did get them to agree to pinky … Continue reading →

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Greek Update: Tsipras Out, New Party Formed, Snap Elections Coming, Debt Payment Made

“Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned on Thursday, hoping to strengthen his hold on power in snap elections after seven months in office in which he fought Greece’s creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in.” Turns out … Continue reading →

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A Look At Russia’s New T-14 Armata Tank

Last week was almost Russian Tank Week on BattleSwarm, but a plethora of news intervened (like Vladimir Putin intervening in the affairs of neighboring states). But one interesting tidbit I didn’t get to was the fact that Russia has introduced … Continue reading →

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A Final Bit On the Seventh Planned Parenthood Video

For the people who haven’t been following the Planned Parenthood videos, I boiled it down to this: Bonus: Guess what career Josef Mengele pursued in Argentina post-Auschwitz? Go ahead. Guess.

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