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.

Candidate Larry Gonzales Answers Questions About the Texas House District 52 Race

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Here’s another installment in my series on the Republican Texas House District 52 race in advance of the primary runoff on April 13. This time I sent questions to candidate Larry Gonzales about his runoff with John Gordon. My questions … Continue reading →

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We Now Interupt Serious Political Blogging…

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Lawrence Person

…to bring you a man cooking bacon with his machine gun. This is, of course, incredibly awesome. Caveats: Even at a discount price of $15/100 for ammo, it’s going to cost you around $30 to cook. This test uses a … Continue reading →

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A Reminder of Why I Dropped CNN As My Browser Home Page

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Some of you may remember that I used to have CNN as my browser homepage, but changed to Instapundit instead, mainly due to CNN’s liberal bias, the ever-shrinking amount of real news, and their fugly redesign. So today, with a … Continue reading →

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Former Candidate Stephen Casey on the Texas House District 52 Race

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Lawrence Person

There’s a primary runoff for various races to be held on April 13. Since primary runoffs are notoriously low-turnout affairs (especially this year, with the high-profile Governor’s primary over), I thought I would do some coverage of the three Republican … Continue reading →

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The Battle Was Lost, The War Goes On

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Lawrence Person

So Stupak and his bloc caved, and ObamaCare is now the law of the land, at least until the lawsuits. (I like to think there’s a good chance the individual mandate will be overturned on 10th Amendment grounds. Then again, … Continue reading →

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Late ObamaCare Update: Heath Shuler A No, And So Is Harry Teague

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Rep. Heath Shuler (NC 11) finally makes a quarterback sneak into the “No on Obamacare” Endzone. Rep. Harry Teague (NM 02) is also voting no. Investor’s Business Daily says this leaves Pelosi with zero margin; she has to run the … Continue reading →

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Rep. Jason Altmire to Vote No on ObamaCare

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Altmire announced he would vote against ObamaCare. He was mentioned as a “must flip” for Pelosi in a lot of publications. Here’s the profile I did on him last week. Glad to know his constituents made him see the light.

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Quick and Dirty ObamaCare Update Friday 3/19

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR 04) switching from Yes to No? Everyone know the preliminary CBO score that has ObamaCare reducing the deficit is pure fiction: The Democrats know — and admit internally — that their proposed health-care overhaul would increase … Continue reading →

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Rep. Bobby Rush Switches from Yes to No to Maybe?

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Lawrence Person

So it appears. Keep in mind that Bobby Rush is currently the only American politician to electorally kick Barack Obama’s ass. Some long-awaited payback for Obama challenging him, perhaps? Still, I think when push comes to shove, I would be … Continue reading →

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Quick and Dirty ObamaCare Updates

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Lawrence Person

The latest whip count shows Pelosi several votes short. Politico says they’re still eight votes shy. Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY) switches from a Yes to a No. Jill Stanek says Pelosi doesn’t have the votes, and the Stupak 12 will … Continue reading →

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