Monthly Archives: July 2011

Pat Buchanan 1, David Brooks 0

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Since leaving the Reagan Administration, Patrick Buchanan has been, at best, an erratic conservative, on any number of issues (Israel, Iraq, Free Trade, etc.), flogging a philosophy (“paleoconservatism”) that failed to catch on with any but a tiny fringe, and … Continue reading →

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Ezell vs. Chicago: An Extremely Lazy Blogger’s Roundup

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So Ezell vs. Chaicago has been decided, and the three-judge panel basically bitchslapped Chicago into the 21st Century. Basically, Chicago was saying 1.) You have to get firearms training at a licensed firing range to own a gun, and 2.) … Continue reading →

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Sen Dan Patrick on the Legislative Session and the Senate Race

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Lawrence Person

First here’s an extensive piece on State Senator Dan Patrick’s work in the 82nd Legislative session. There’s the usual minimum of liberal bias, including the now requisite “drastic cuts in public education” lie the MSM feels a need to trot … Continue reading →

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Portugal’s Bonds Downgraded to Junk

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

By Moody’s. Between strikes in Greece, constitutional challenges to the Greek bailout in Germany, and other agencies rating the latest Greek bailout as tantamount to default, efforts to prevent a Euro-default contagion may fail sooner rather than later…

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A Few Sundry Followup Stories

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Lawrence Person

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend. Here are a few follow-ups to previously covered stories: Politico’s David Catanese says that David Dewhurst is going to jump into the Senate race. After months of dawdling, the Obama Administration finally … Continue reading →

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“When in the Course of human events…”

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Lawrence Person

…it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s … Continue reading →

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