Monthly Archives: April 2012

LinkSwarm for April 9, 2012

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Lawrence Person

A LinkSwarm to start your day with: Today’s Democrat calling her fellow Texans bigots comes to you from Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin). How the story of today’s media transformation is being written by the losers: “We should not expect anything … Continue reading →

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RIP: Artist Thomas Kinkade, Dead at 54

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Painter Thomas Kinkade has died at age 54. Kinkade was the extraordinarily popular “artist of light” who managed to turn himself into a franchise, opening up mall stores to sell reproductions of his paintings. This was the sort of thing … Continue reading →

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Texas Senate Race Update for April 5, 2012

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Lawrence Person

Expect things to be a little slow for the Easter weekend: Ted Cruz appeared on Fox 26 in Houston: Cruz got attacked by Progress Texas for advertising on Rush Limbaugh. So Cruz reaches conservative listeners and gets liberals to attack … Continue reading →

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And Still More ObamaCare Hearings Follow-Up

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Lawrence Person

First, the ubiquitous Richard Epstein, on why Justice Kennedy’s million dollar question might restore our understanding of the Commerce Clause to the pre-NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin and Wickard v. Filburn reading that held sway from the founding of the … Continue reading →

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More Support for the “Rick Perry Hopped Up on Goofballs” Theory

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Lawrence Person

After Rick Perry’s disastrous fall campaign, I floated the idea that he was still hopped up on goofballs (i.e, taking serious pain medication) following his back operation. Well now comes word that there’s at least some supporting evidence in the … Continue reading →

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You keep using that word…

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Lawrence Person

…I do not think it means what you think it means. The word, in this case, is “moderate,” which seems to be particularly tricky to define. Especially when it comes to Middle Eastern political parties. Since you can support Hamas … Continue reading →

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