Author Archives: Lawrence Person

About Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person is a political commentator and science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His political work has appeared in National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty and The World & I. His SF has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, F&SF, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis.

Everybody Draw Mohammed Day

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Here’s an event I can get behind: Everybody Draw Mohammed Day on May 20. If you’re not up on Comedy Central’s cowardly censorship of the latest South Park episode, this Mark Steyn piece will get you up to speed, as … Continue reading →

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Carbon Offsets Offsets

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Heh.

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The “Mystery” of the Resilient Texas Economy

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Daniel Gross on Slate and Mickey Kaus on his campaign website (he’s running against incumbent Barbara Boxer for the California Democratic Senate nomination) ruminate on why the Texas economy is so much more resilient than that of most states. Gross … Continue reading →

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Climategate Redux: A Look at the State of Play

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Between finishing my taxes and the House District 52 race, I’ve had precious little time to post updates on other issues, but despite my personal lacunae interesting developments in Climategate have been bubbling right along. This piece in the Telegraph … Continue reading →

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Republicans to Gain 100 Seats in House?

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Sean Trende at Real Clear Politics suggests that Democrats could be in for a bigger shellacking this November than the suffered even in 1994. A 1994-style scenario is probably the most likely outcome at this point. Moreover, it is well … Continue reading →

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Gonzales Trounces Gordon

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Early returns have Larry Gonzales trouncing John Gordon by a sizable margin in the Texas House District 52 race. As of 8:34 PM, Gonzales had 2,519 votes to Gordon’s 1,096, with just under half the votes counted. I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Updated the Blog Roll

Posted on April 13, 2010 by Lawrence Person

I’ve added a few more sites to the blog roll, especially those focusing on local politics and gun rights. So feel free to give them some sweet link-clicking goodness.

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Remember to Vote in the April 13 Republican Primary Runoff

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Here are poll locations for Williamson County voters. And here’s where you can find them for Travis County.

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BattleSwarm Blog endorses Larry Gonzales in the House District 52 Runoff

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Lawrence Person’s BattleSwarm Blog endorses Larry Gonzales over John Gordon in the House District 52 Republican Primary runoff on April 13th. I believe that Gonzales is the better candidate, will have a better chance of winning against Diana Maldonado, and … Continue reading →

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House District 52 Attack Ads, Round 2: thetruejohngordon.com, and Gordon’s Response

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Lawrence Person

I’ve been spending a fair amount of time covering the Larry Gonzales/John Gordon runoff for the Texas House District 52 race, mainly because I live in the district, and because of the relative paucity of local coverage. Hot on the … Continue reading →

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