(Something from the “Old News is So Exciting” category.) It’s been a rough year for David Letterman. Not only has his alma mater gone winless in football, but he had to testify before a grand jury about affairs he had with his own staff members after someone attempted to blackmail him. (I know, I should… Continue reading One Cheer for David Letterman
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.
We’ve Got the Power
Interesting article on why Texas might decline to participate in that proposed interconnect grid. If we did participate, we might have to give up independent oversight to various federal bureaucracies. The article contains a couple of notable ironies: Because there’s only one regulatory commission to deal with, it’s much easier to get “alternative energy” (solar,… Continue reading We’ve Got the Power
Just what the world needs, another political blog…
This is going to be a political blog for my foaming rants pithy and insightful political commentary from a conservative/libertarian perspective. Most people know me as a science fiction writer, but I’ve also had political works published in places like National Review, Reason, The Freeman, Liberty, etc., and I even spent a year in the… Continue reading Just what the world needs, another political blog…