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“Cassandra’s predictions are excessively pessimistic.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... TLR spoke this week with the fabled Cassandra to question the recessionary forecasts advanced by the mythical oracle, most recently this past September. TL Realist: Good morning, Cassandra. Because...
“Does K-12 public education have a future?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... How will artificial intelligence, budget cuts, tax incentives, social media influence, partisan-induced truthiness, and burgeoning charter-, private- and home-schooling affect America’s skill- knowledge-based education system? Whatever the...
“Populist policymaking can be extraordinarily destructive.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Both Republican MAGAism and Democratic Party Progressivism have found sizable voter bases among “ordinary people who feel that their concerns have been disregarded by established elites” – an...
“Are all lights green for Trump 2.0?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The government shutdown is over. The Democrats folded their cards, ending the longest government shutdown in American history. It was another Trump triumph…, and another Democratic Party...
“Is a gerrymandered democracy good for America?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Gerrymandering is the redrawing of electoral maps in order to maintain a partisan advantage. Its derivation is a combination of Elbridge Gerry’s last name (he was the
Expiring CanariesLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… The June 24th TLR quoted several prominent hedge fund managers who in June asserted that gold was entering a new bull market when it broke through the $1400/oz. price level. That June 24th TLR, “The Canary
“It’s paradigm-shifting ‘Trump Change.’” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Matt Levine wrote several months ago that “the current economic policy of the United States is apparently to cause maximum chaos by announcing drastic changes in the global economic order
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William (Bill) Natbony is The Lonely Realist, its author and originator. The opinions expressed in TLR are solely Bill’s opinions, have not been edited or reviewed, and do not reflect the views or opinions or any other person.
