Category Archives: Media Watch

Then the Garry Wills Kicked In

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Robert Caro’s The Passage of Power, the latest volume in his acclaimed Lyndon Baines Johnson biography, came out May of last year, but Garry Wills just got around to reviewing it in The New York Review of Books. The sad … Continue reading →

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Instapundit’s Favorite Word

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Lawrence Person

See if you can fill in the blank for the following headline: “Homebuilder Confidence in U.S. BLANK Fell in February” Having trouble? Try again with the first sentence “Confidence among U.S. homebuilders BLANK dropped in February from a more than … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for February 15, 2013

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Lawrence Person

The Week of Extreme Busyness continues (though the weekend has gotten slightly less busy), but here’s a semi-random LinkSwarm to end your work week with. The Washington Post is shocked, shocked that Ted Cruz dares to rock the comfy Democratic … Continue reading →

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Brief Impressions of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s 2013 Policy Orientation

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Lawrence Person

I enjoyed attending what little I could of the Texas Public Policy Foundation 2013 policy orientation held January 9-11. Here are a few quick and largely random impressions: Because I just started a new day job, I wasn’t able to … Continue reading →

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Dave Barry’s 2012 Year End Roundup

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Lawrence Person

Just in case you hadn’t seen it before, here’s Dave Barry’s 2012 year-end roundup, to spread some light and cheer in a very dismal year. In Europe, the economic crisis continues to worsen as the government of Greece, desperate for … Continue reading →

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Right-to-Work Signed Into Law in Michigan

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Despite union threats to throw twice as big a hissy fit as Wisconsin liberals, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed right-to-work legislation today, breaking the union stranglehold on jobs in the state. As in Wisconsin, expect union members to start keeping … Continue reading →

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Paul Burka Discusses Ted Cruz, and Proves (Yet Again) He Doesn’t Understand Conservatives

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Lawrence Person

So Paul Burka noticed that Senator-elect Ted Cruz picked conservative Chip Roy as his Chief of Staff. Sayeth Burka: What I find revealing about the choice of Roy is that Cruz–who has been making noise as a potential contender for … Continue reading →

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Your Top Stories, All Mashed Together

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Lawrence Person

To much going on. Here’s a sampler: First up, Unions kill Hostess. By calling a strike against a company that was already in bankruptcy, against the advice of the Teamsters, who had already taken a look at the Hostess books, … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for November 5, 2012

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Lawrence Person

And here’s your final Texas Senate Race update for 2012! I’ve been covering this race since Kay Bailey Hutchison decided not to run again on January 13, 2011. I expect Ted Cruz to beat Paul Sadler handily (and here’s my … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for October 30, 2012

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Lawrence Person

I was going to have an insightful, data-filed post on the Texas 23rd Congressional district race, but then I realized that the Los Angeles Times data I was relying on flipped at least one bit of information (NRA-ILA is doing … Continue reading →

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