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The Manchurian Candidate – Part II
“Is Donald Trump the 21st Century’s ‘Robert Shaw’?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... TLR on July 12, 2025 in “The Manchurian Candidate” discussed claims made by former KGB officer Alnur Mussayev and journalist Craig Unger that Donald Trump had been...
24 October, 2026Theology and AGI
“God created man. If man creates self-aware AI with abilities exceeding those of homo sapiens, would that make man a god?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... TLR this past June asked whether the development of “artificial general intelligence” (AGI)...
17 October, 2026In Praise of American Democracy
“There are three different definitions of ‘democracy’: one for those on the far right; a second for those on the far left; and a third for everyone else.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... “American democracy” means different things to...
10 October, 2026The Midterms
“Cassandra is predicting that the Republican Party will carry both Houses of Congress.” – The Lonely Realist Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... TLR yesterday received the following letter from Cassandra (the mythical Trojan princess gifted by the Greek God Apollo with the ability...
03 October, 2026
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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.