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.

Let’s Have A War!

Here’s Fear previewing Obama’s Big Adventure:

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So We’re Gonna Bomb Syria

At least that’s what the tea leaves say. So we’re going to fight a proxy war against a Russian client in Asia. What could possibly go wrong? Are we now the World’s Policeman again? When did that happen? Was there … Continue reading →

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I’m Gonna Get Me A Shotgun And Kill All the Whiteys That I See!

“Ayo Kimathi is an employee at the Department of Homeland Security. His job description? Purchasing ammunition and weapons. He’s also the owner of waronthehorizon.com, a website dedicated to advocating the murder of white people.” The cherry on top? “He’s also … Continue reading →

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What Was David Dewhurst Thinking?

It seems that David Dewhurst’s relative Ellen Bevers was arrested for (allegedly) shoplifting in a Kroger in Allen (a Metroplex suburb between Plano and McKinney). That’s not really news. It’s, at most, 3-line wire service filler everyone forgets about the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for August 23, 2013

Another Friday LinkSwarm on Friday, to make your Friday seem more like Friday: Why work when welfare pays better? Europe’s Jews fear that their days are numbered. Ted Cruz: traitor to his class. From the number of MSM attacks on … Continue reading →

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Camille Paglia Bashes Weiner, Hillary, Victimhood Feminism, and Foucault

Camille Paglia is always good for an orthogonal view on current pieties, and this interview with her (warning: Salon) is no different. She also has a gift for intellectual putdowns that work at a much higher level of reference than … Continue reading →

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Schrödinger’s Amnesty

Is amnesty dead this congressional session? That’s what a lot of observers, on both left and right, are saying this morning. Mickey Kaus isn’t so sure. In The Atlantic, Molly Ball claims that amnesty proponents are winning August. And I … Continue reading →

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Egypt: Dispatches From the Continuing Crackdown

There’s a lot of Egyptian news going on, much of it of the classic Middle East Problem Solving variety. In particular, the Egyptian government seems to be doing most of the “solving,” so expect to see some 50-100 members of … Continue reading →

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Mark Steyn on Egypt

Mark Steyn is always good, but this piece on Egypt is so succinctly pithy that it’s hard to stop quoting from it. General Sisi has made a calculation that he has a small window of opportunity to inflict damage on … Continue reading →

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Should Someone With Downs Syndrome be Allowed To Fight MMA?

Florida stopped a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight between two consenting adults because they have disabilities. Garrett Holeve is a 23-year-old with Down’s Syndrome, while 28-year-old David Steffin has cerebral palsy. Here’s a profile of Holeve: Should Flordia allow an … Continue reading →

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