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.

Romney Slays at the Alfred E. Smith Dinner

Mitt Romney just kept slamming them out of the park at the Alfred E. Smith Dinner. “In the spirit of Sesame Street tonight, the President’s remarks are brought to you by the letter O and the number 16 trillion.” Background … Continue reading →

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Newsweek To Start Pining for the Fjords

Today Newsweek announced that they were ceasing print publication and going all digital. For a national general-interest weekly news-magazine, that’s tantamount to saying that you’re dead but you don’t feel like lying down just yet. Back in 2009, you may … Continue reading →

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Quick Texas Senate Race Q3 Fundraising Update

Barring any catastrophic event, Ted Cruz is going to be the next Senator from Texas, but the campaign keeps on chugging along. The official fundraising forms from the FEC aren’t up yet, but the two campaigns have announced the totals … Continue reading →

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Assault Weapons Vital Topic Among America’s 23 Million Unemployed

Hempstead, N.Y.: All across the country, millions of unemployed Americans expressed relief and gratitude that Obama finally addressed their most important issue at last night’s Presidential debate: assault weapons. “I’m glad Obama is finally tackling assault weapons,” said Barbara Rheems, … Continue reading →

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“You are over the daily limit for sending Tweets.”

I didn’t even know Twitter had a daily limit for sending tweets, but evidently I exceeded it livetweeting the Presidential debate. Fortunately that didn’t kick in until the very end. Anyway, if you follow me on Twitter, you might send … Continue reading →

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I Will Be Live-Tweeting Tonight’s Presidential Debate

Attention the Internets: I will be live-tweeting tonight’s debate between Romney and Obama. Tune in or follow me if you are so inclined.

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LinkSwarm for October 15, 2012

Doing a bunch of stuff, so here’s a more-or-less random linkSwarm: A funny thing happened on the way to the death of conservatism. Romney might pick up one electoral vote in Maine. Michael Totten and Sohrab Ahmari take down Tariq … Continue reading →

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Joe Biden’s Creepy Smile Take Two

The Night of 53 Smiles

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Mark Steyn Lays Waste to the Obama Adminstration’s Libyan Lies

Mark Steyn’s comprehensive takedown of all the Obama Administration lies and incompetence in the Benghazi terrorist assault and the murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens is so righteous it deserves a link of its own. “The entire reason that this has … Continue reading →

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Vice Presidential Debate Reaction Roundup

Lots of commentators said that Joe Biden did better debating against Paul Ryan than Obama did against Mitt Romney. I found Biden the far more irritating of the two, his his constant grinning and interrupting. He was like some weird, … Continue reading →

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