Monthly Archives: August 2011

Dear Ricardo Sanchez: Happy Two Month Anniversary!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

That is to say, it’s been two months since you last updated your website’s news page. Even though I’m on the other side of the political aisle, I thought I would offer you a “protip” for running for the Senate: … Continue reading →

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Rick Perry to Announce Presidential Campaign Saturday in South Carolina

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

So says Politico. I think Perry will jump in, will win the primary, and will beat Obama, primarily because I think he’s sharp enough and mean enough to win. Perry looks as good as Romney, has as much Tea Party … Continue reading →

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More on the Greek Euro U.S. World Debt Crises

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The Moody’s downgrade of Portuguese debt link was a quick blipvert for a current event, but I wanted to do a somewhat longer roundup of pieces on the Euro debt crises and the potential for more shocks down the line. … Continue reading →

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LinkSwarm for Friday, August 5, 2011

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The last six days of blogging have been pretty packed, so here’s a LinikSwarm for a lazy (and very hot) Friday: Christopher Hitchens on Turkey. He glosses over the fact (maybe he only had so many words) that Mustafa Kemal … Continue reading →

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85% of a Lucid Essay, or Why Walter Russell Mead Should Have Quit While He Was Ahead

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Everyone and their blogging dog have linked to this Walter Russell Mead essay on “The Progressive Crisis”, mainly because it’s a really good essay, at least until the last few paragraphs. (It is, in turn, partially a critique of Democratic … Continue reading →

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My Interview With Ted Cruz (And Related Thoughts)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Lawrence Person

Here’s the video edit of my interview with Ted Cruz (click for a larger version on YouTube): (I think I should have sucked in my gut more.) After the interview, Cruz said that he reads the blog (which I believe, … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for August 3, 2011

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Lawrence Person

The Cruz campaign emailed to say they’ll be sending me the video file of the interview sometime in the next 24 hours, so here are a few race updates to tide you over until then. Matt S. Dowling has his … Continue reading →

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Random Reflections on a Very Busy Saturday

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Lawrence Person

My entire weekend was quite booked, for both political and non-political reasons: I interviewed Ted Cruz. I attended the Texas Senate Candidate Forum in Austin (which I liveblogged here). I left the forum before the end to attend my regular … Continue reading →

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This Day Eaten By Locusts

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Lawrence Person

In addition to the Ted Cruz interview, I have a longish post on a very packed political Saturday that I’m still fleshing out. Unfortunately, today has been too busy to either finish that or to comment on any of a … Continue reading →

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