Author: 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.

Ft. Hood Shooting Spin

No one should make light of the horrible tragedy at Ft. Hood today. However, it’s very discouraging to read how the MSM refuses to cover the story’s stubborn, politically incorrect facts: In this CNN report, there’s still no mention of the fact the shooter is a Muslim some ten hours after the shooting, and eight… Continue reading Ft. Hood Shooting Spin

ObamaCare Daily Roundup

Well, let’s see what’s been going on in the world of ObamaCare: 10,000 rally in DC against ObamaCare. Charles Krauthammer: “If you are a conservative Democrat and you see the great swing between ’08 and ’09, you know that this idea that you can ride the coattails of Obama — [that] there was a great… Continue reading ObamaCare Daily Roundup

Three Cheers for Aggieland

I’m a UT graduate, and I follow football. (I know, “rooting for laundry.”) Here in Texas, the UT Longhorns have a friendly rivalry with the Texas A&M Aggies (“friendly” in the sense of “no recent homicides on record” and “rivalry” in the sense that the Longhorns won a National Championship in 2006, while A&M’s biggest… Continue reading Three Cheers for Aggieland

All Texas Constitution Amendments Pass (and a word about Kelo)

As usual, all the Texas constitutional amendments passed. However, the result that sticks out the most to me is the overwhelming Yes vote on Constitutional Amendment 11 (to place limits on government taking of private property for public use): For 844,444 (81.0%) Against 197,713 (19.0%) This amendment is a direct (albeit delayed) reaction to the… Continue reading All Texas Constitution Amendments Pass (and a word about Kelo)

Election Notes: Democrats Slaughtered

Losing the New jersey Governor’s race.“Corzine hugged Obama and made the election about Obama in a state Obama carried by 15 points and where Dems outnumber Republicans by a wide margin. And he lost.” Losing the Virginia Governor’s Race A summary of the night from the mighty Instapundit: “It’s easy to see which candidate is… Continue reading Election Notes: Democrats Slaughtered

Texas: We Suck Less!

Compared to California, that is. Some takeaways: “Besides Mississippi, every one of the 17 states with the lowest state and local tax levels had positive net internal migration from 2000 to 2007. Except for Wyoming, Maine, and Delaware, every one of the 17 highest-tax states had negative net internal migration over the same period. Conservative… Continue reading Texas: We Suck Less!

Texas Constitutional Amendment Election Tuesday

Remember: There’s an off-year election Tuesday, November 3. Here’s a PDF of the ballot from the League of Women Voter’s I was going to do a quick and dirty voter guide from a conservative/libertarian perspective on the issues, but a quick search turned up a more detailed breakdown that covered most of the points I… Continue reading Texas Constitutional Amendment Election Tuesday

I used to have CNN.com as my browser home page…

…so I could get a quick read on top headlines. It also provided a good example of what the MSM sounded like when they thought they were being objective, and I resisted switching over to FoxNews.com, because I found their homepage somewhat garish. Then I came home yesterday to find that CNN had tarted up… Continue reading I used to have CNN.com as my browser home page…

Austin Watch: Your Tax Dollars At Work

Here’s an interesting job opportunity. Your taxpayer-funded Austin Public Library job is to write letters to legislators telling them how much you appreciate getting earmarked taxpayer dollars from them. Presumably so they’ll earmark you more taxpayer dollars the next time around. One hand washes the other…