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“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...
“That is, investment timing is everything…, except over the past decade and a half when ‘buying the dip’ has been all the ‘timing’ needed.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... [“Timing is Everything” was written earlier this week, before “the dip.”...
“America has become the poster child for creeping socialism.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... There is no such thing as “State capitalism.” That’s a term invented to put a positive spin on State control of markets and industries –...
“China’s advantages in the production and refinement of rare earth elements are significant.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... TLR this week received a number of emails disagreeing with TLR‘s assertion in last week’s commentary that China’s virtual monopoly over rare...
What’s wrong with 21st Century America?Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… In a single word, leadership … or, more precisely, the lack of it. America has lacked effective, constructive leadership for almost 30 years. That’s an entire generation! America’s Presidents, the successive standard-bearers
The Hollowing Out of AmericaLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… There have always been two Americas: the rural, onetime agricultural America; and the urban, once the-center-of-manufacturing America. In 1900, America was a rural country with a rural-to-urban population ratio of 60:40. By 1950,
“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” – Lord Acton “Or does it?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… On November 13th, responding to public pressure, the #SupremeCourt announced that its nine Justices had approved a code of conduct for
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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.
