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.

The Deep, Deep Gun Control Convictions of Unite Blue Head Becky Carrizales

Is there any better example of the steadfast political convictions of liberals than Unite Blue chief Becky Carrizales’s convictions on gun control? Twitchy and @eriContrarian shed initial light on the subject, but a closer look at Carrizales’s Twitter account gives … Continue reading →

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Woman Famous For Filibustering Bill Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks Open To Banning Abortions After 20 Weeks

Wendy Davis is trying to make my head hurt. Wendy Davis said Tuesday that she would have supported a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, if the law adequately deferred to a woman and her doctor. In other … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for February 11, 2014

Meant to put this up at lunch, but Stuff. And Things. How California overprotects public employee union contracts. If the paper from Volokh the Younger is too heavy-sledding for non-lawyers, here’s a nice summary. CalPERS is demographically doomed. The people … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 10, 2014

These LinkSwarms tend to get pushed back to days when there’s not a big story jumping up and requiring my attention. It seems like the Olympics have created a bit of a news lull Democratic congressmen abandoning ObamaCare in droves. … Continue reading →

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Slovenia Hit by Several Feet of Global Warming

Mainly linking to this story for the amazing photos. As if living in an Ex-Communist country wasn’t bad enough, a winter storm just dumped several feet of ice on them. “Walking in a Winter Wonderland” takes on quite a different … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare News Roundup for February 7, 2014

Another week, another week of bad ObamaCare news. First off comes the National Small Business Association survey that shows that health care costs for small businesses have doubled since 2009. The “Affordable Care Act” turns out not to be affordable … Continue reading →

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John Boehner and “Trust”

“House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday joined the Senate’s top Republican in suggesting an immigration overhaul this year is unlikely, citing a lack of trust among the GOP toward President Obama.” I’m sure the GOP doesn’t trust Obama, but that … Continue reading →

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Pull The Other One, Wendy

Normally I would applaud a member of the Democratic Party supporting Second Amendment rights. But Wendy Davis supporting open carry? Right. Pull the other one. After all, this is the same Wendy Davis who voted against concealed carry by authorized … Continue reading →

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The Incredible Shrinking Wendy Davis

The last few weeks have not been kind to Wendy Davis. Since announcing very respectable fundraising totals in early January, it’s been all downhill since then. First came the revelations of the many falsehoods in her biography, then doubling down … Continue reading →

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Auto-Decanted Victimhood Cant

Via Will Shetterly comes the Social Justice Warrior Argument Generator. You can generate entire blogs or just Tumbler insults! Why go into six figures of debt for a Womyn’s Studies Degree to make your prose unreadable when a computer can … Continue reading →

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