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.

Still More on Margaret Thatcher

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Lawrence Person

A few more Thatcher tidbits: George Will: “The most consequential peacetime prime minister since Disraeli.” The Relationship between Thatcher and William F. Buckley, Jr. How Thatcher won her leadership role in the conservative party. Thatcher may be dead, but Thatcherism … Continue reading →

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News Flash: Colt Firearms Moving to Texas

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Details later, since blogging from an iPhone sucks. Link.

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More on Margaret Thatcher: Quotes, Videos and Tributes

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Lawrence Person

More on the late Margaret Thatcher: In her own words. A few choice examples: “I am not a consensus politician. I’m a conviction politician.” “There is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are … Continue reading →

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Margaret Thatcher, RIP

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Margaret Thatcher has died. With Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II, she made up the trio of moral leaders in the West who understood what a great evil communism was when so many wanted to appease it, paving the … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for April 4, 2013

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Been a while since the last Friday LinkSwarm, so here it is! The problem with Europe’s economy? It’s the spending, stupid. Government spending on bailouts, subsidies, grants, salaries and entitlements commands a much larger share of these economies than it … Continue reading →

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Texas vs. California Update for April 3, 2013

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Time for another Texas vs. California roundup: “The real problem With California is math, not politics.” “The data for the two biggest states, California and Texas, appear to confirm a jobs slowdown in California over the past four months, likely … Continue reading →

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Pat Condell: Why Do We Give Palestinians a Pass on Barbarism? “We’re Racists.”

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Once again the irreligious, bracing Pat Condell tackles another PC shibboleth, namely our giving Palestinian barbarism a free pass. Why? “Because we’re racists.” Too broad a brush? Well, it is a shame that 90% of Palestinians give the other 10% … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Counterproductive Behavior

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Lawrence Person

You know what’s counterproductive? Trying to make satire disappear on the Internet because you’re offended by it. Here’s a chart of my blog hits over the last two days: Over 12,700 hits just today, and rising. In addition to the … Continue reading →

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WisCon’s Feminist Failfandom Brigade Gets My Locus April Fool’s Piece Taken Down

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Lawrence Person

In an effort to prove that they’re not dour, humorless, thin-skinned avatars of political correctness with authoritarian tendencies, Wiscon’s Feminist failfandom brigade had my contribution to Locus Online’s April Fools Day festivities taken down. (Note that, under the transparent pseudonym … Continue reading →

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Iowahawk Held Hostage: Day 175

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Lawrence Person

175 days after it started, there’s still no resolution to the Iowahawk hostage crises, with the web pundit still held in captivity by the leftwing Al-Bama Dignity Brigade terrorist group. “No more shall the infidel insult our prophet (peace be … Continue reading →

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