The Lonely Realist is a bridge across the partisan gap, raising questions and making pointed observations about politics, economics, international relations and the markets. Its goal is to raise awareness and inspire thought on controversial issues that impact America and Americans, highlighting issues that should be, but rarely are, the focus of bipartisan discussion.
In seeking to promote dialogue, The Lonely Realist is not an advocate of conclusions or remedies. To the extent perceived biases leak into these pages, as they sometimes do, please ignore them. They are inadvertent missteps.
“Centralized government control – Statism – strangles capitalism and economic growth.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Democrats historically have supported centralized policymaking and government control whereas Republicans have placed their trust in private industry and free markets. That contrast...
“Is a crash inevitable? Is the only question ‘When?’” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Ray Dalio recently wrote about the difficulties with “The U.S. Government’s Situation”: “[I]magine that you are running a big business called the U.S. government…. The...
“Growing up to be President is every child’s dream.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... With AI threatening to wipe out entry-level employment in many of America’s knowledge-based industries, including medicine, law, accounting, and finance, a number of readers have...
“Are members of America’s government guilty of treason?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... An American commits treason, as defined in Article III, Section 3, of the Constitution, if he or she wages war against America, or conspires with America’s...
“Decades of poorly-executed American foreign policy, excessive money-printing, and partisan infighting have taken America – and the world – to a tipping point.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Walter Russell Mead last week penned an editorial in the Wall
“No one works anymore. There’s no need to have a regular job and there are too many employment opportunities to choose from anyway.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Those Americans whose role model is television character Maynard G. Krebs
“Entropy is the second law of thermodynamics … and of geopolitics, religion, race, economics, climatology, children, etc.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Entropy is a cornerstone concept of physical science … with broad societal applications. Entropy is “a lack of
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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.
