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.

It’s All the Same Fight

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Rand Paul has won some liberal plaudits for his filibuster against extra-judicial drone strikes against Americans on U.S. soil. Fine and dandy. But what liberal don’t realize is that debate, the debate over government spending, the debate over gun control, … Continue reading →

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Quick Impressions from the TPPF Conference Call for 3/11/13

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Some very quick and exceedingly brief impression of today’s TPPF conference call with Mario Loyola and Arlene Wohlgemuth: The Texas legislature is considering a number of anti-gun-control bills, including one outlawing state officials from cooperating with federal authorities on unconstitutional … Continue reading →

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All Rape Ended Forever! Hooray!

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Lawrence Person

In one of those astonishing, once-in-a-lifetime social revolutions, we finally have the means to end rape for all time! Democratic Strategist Zerlina Maxwell has come up with a surefire strategy to eliminate rape: simply “telling men not to rape women.” … Continue reading →

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Droning On and On

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Senator Rand Paul has launched an old-fashioned filibuster against Obama’s CIA nominee John Brennan to protest the Obama Administration’s refusal to rule out drone strikes against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. Under questioning by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Eric Holder … Continue reading →

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Hugo Chavez Now Deader Than the Fifth International

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Venezuela’s leftist dictator Hugo Chavez dead of cancer. All the usual leftists are talking about how “his people” loved him. Well, not the political prisoners or the ones whacked in extrajudicial killings, but, you know, eggs, omelets, death squads. Stuff … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for March 5, 2013

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Had a busy weekend, so here’s a late LinkSwarm: Liberals are casting their greedy gaze on your 401K, Charles Krauthammer: Hail Armageddon! As Mark Steyn put it: “those Mayan guys only hold an apocalypse every few thousand years. Washington now … Continue reading →

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Then the Garry Wills Kicked In

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Robert Caro’s The Passage of Power, the latest volume in his acclaimed Lyndon Baines Johnson biography, came out May of last year, but Garry Wills just got around to reviewing it in The New York Review of Books. The sad … Continue reading →

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Happy Texas Independence Day!

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Today is Texas Independence Day. On March 2, 1836, the Republic of Texas declared independence from Mexico. Here’s Ted Cruz’s message from last year. And here’s “The Yellow Rose of Texas”:

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California: More Boning

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Naturally the day after I post my usual Texas vs. California update, I see this five part California in Crisis series by Conn Carroll in The Examiner. The first part is a general overview. In his state of the state … Continue reading →

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Texas Vs. California Update for February 28, 2013

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I’m running out of month! Here’s another quick Texas vs. California update: Is California really back? Yeah, not so much. California to impose tax on rain. Add Costa Mesa to the list of California cities where a pension crises looms. … Continue reading →

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