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.
“Change has come to America’s democracy.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Arthur Schlesinger’s 1973 book, The Imperial Presidency, concluded that the Constitution provides no real limits on Presidential power. He was right. A 6-3 Supreme Court majority on June...
“Modern economies have a love affair with inflation.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... For some, inflation is a bad thing. For others, it’s a good thing. Whatever its impact, inflation is a modern fact of life and its future...
“Or a new beginning?” “What is the evolutionary destiny of homo sapiens?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The question of humanity’s future has been the subject of intense philosophical discourse. Some believe they now have the answer. The biblically-inclined...
“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.” – Will RogersLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The American government is running a $2 trillion annual deficit. Perfunctory efforts at budget cutting, whether by DOGE...
“Ray Dalio has concluded that ‘The Failure of Kevin McCarthy is Another Step Toward Civil War.’ Is it?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates’ founder and author of The Changing World Order, believes that “we are
TLR published the following commentary on September 30, 2019. It – and earlier posts such as Axis of the Sanctioned and later ones like Foreign Policy Lessons Forgotten – are once again timely in light of Russia’s pending threatened actions against Ukraine. Loading the Elevenlabs Text
TLR recently received the following email. It arrived under the heading “Some good news for America”:Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… The heading misstates an admirable achievement by U.S. high school students – it should read “U.S. team makes history at International Chemistry
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