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...
“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
“Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” –Winton Churchill (paraphrasing George Santayana)Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… As TLR wrote two years ago (on September 30, 2019 in “The Failure of American Foreign Policy” linked below), America has been pursuing
“Is it better for hatred to be hidden or out-in-the-open?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Latent hatred is dangerous. Blatant hatred can be addressed … and resolved. Humans have biases and they act on those biases, whether openly or
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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.
