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.
“The risk of a doomsday event is rising.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... In January, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the second hand on The Doomsday Clock forward from 1 minute and 30 seconds before midnight to 1...
“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...
“Governments in America derive their power from the people they represent. Powers not explicitly delegated are retained.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the governors of Texas, Arizona, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah
Don’t worry about how sky-high stock market prices are today. Or Bitcoin – its price is now $59,000 (having appreciated 500% over the past 12 months). Or the price of GameStop (from $4 to $483 in 6 months) or of sports trading cards ($1.3 million
Covid MathLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Today’s craze is “Covid Math” … and everyone’s doing it. The media do it best, highlighting the juiciest, most exciting numbers and making the most electrifying calculations in reporting the number of Americans who have been
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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.
