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.

Climategate Update

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Lawrence Person

Lots and lots of people have been going through the CRU material mentioned before. Here’s a rather extensive analysis by Marc Sheppard over at American Thinker as to why the “nothing to see here” line on the various hacks and … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma Woman Kills Man Breaking Into Her Home In Self Defense

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Lawrence Person

“Officials have released the 911 tape from this morning’s home invasion shooting that left an intruder dead from a shotgun blast.” Good for her. If she lived in the UK, she’d be on her way to prison right now. (Hat … Continue reading →

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Obama, Afghanistan, and the Pakistani ISI

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Lawrence Person

George Friedman at Stratfor on Obama’s plans for Afghanistan and the parallels with Vietnam. He notes that US/ARVN forces were never defeated by the NVA, but that the NVA won because of their superior intelligence thanks to widespread penetration of … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare To Cost $6 Trillion

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Lawrence Person

That’s the sort of money that would get even Dr. Evil’s attention.

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New York Times Tells Instapundit to STFU

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Lawrence Person

Some The New York Times employee took time out from their busy schedule of losing money and praising Obama to tell Instapundit Glenn Reynolds to “STFU.” This is indeed amusing. However, I think it’s high time we stopped trotting out … Continue reading →

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If Obama is the Democratic Party’s quarterback…

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Lawrence Person

…then right now his passer rating is a couple of points better than JaMarcus Russell.

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Iowahawk Geographic: The Secret Life of Climate Researchers

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Lawrence Person

Once again, Iowahawk proves he’s the web’s reigning satire master. “The Alpha Grantwriter in our hive has been very successful indeed. He has earned three publications, a keynote address, and attracts the attention of a suitor from the symbiotic grant-giving … Continue reading →

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More Red Light Camera Follies (Chicago Edition)

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Lawrence Person

Chicago installed red light cameras in 2007. As always, accidents promptly increased, just as they have everywhere else they’ve been installed. It’s tempting to wonder when officials will figure out that red light cameras harm more than they help, but … Continue reading →

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Convicted Felon (Finally) Goes to jail

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Lawrence Person

Lynne Stewart, the radical lawyer who helped carry messages from Omar Abdel-Rahman to his terrorist supporters, finally goes to prison today. There’s really no question that she’s guilty. The real question is: Why are so many in the American left … Continue reading →

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Climate Research Center Hacking Update

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Lawrence Person

Bishop Hill has dug into the hacked and leaked documents from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit mentioned yesterday. The indefatigable John Hindraker at Powerline has also waded into the document morass. Before the analysis, some caveats: Hacking … Continue reading →

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