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.

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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.

  • [TLR IS TRAVELING AND APOLOGIZES FOR ANY REPETITIONS IN THE FOLLOWING:]Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... “‘Due Process’ has made America great. More engineers (and fewer lawyers) could make it even greater.” – The Lonely Realist America’s government is run by lawyers…, at...

  • Almost all comments on TLR‘s September 14th commentary, “The End of Ukraine,” can be summarized as “How much did Putin pay you to write this piece?”Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Those comments should be contrasted with Niall Ferguson’s “I’ve Seen the Future...

  • [TLR IS TRAVELING AND ON WEDNESDAY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM CASSANDRA:]Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... “A recession (along with increasing inflation) is fast-approaching.” – Cassandra Dear Mr. Realist: Allow me to return to the conversation you and I shared several months...

  • The following are two readers’ comments on this week’s commentary, “Ben Shapiro: Lions and Scavengers”:Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Comment #1: Thanks for your messaging on Charlie Kirk, but you completely missed Kirk’s point. Instead of emphasizing that speaking out on virtually...

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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.