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 Trump Revolution continues.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... TLR’s focus throughout 2025 has been on the range of existential problems complex issues facing America. These concerns were challenged by TLR’s imaginary mythical prophetess Cassandra in TLR’s December 6th commentary....
“How did TLR do?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... TLR conveyed its perspective for 2025 shortly after Election Day in “Trumpian Disruptions.” Domestically, TLR predicted that “Donald Trump will transform Federal power by greatly expanding the prerogatives of America’s Executive...
“Political PR ignores market analysis.” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... M&A (mergers and acquisitions) is a challenging business in which brilliant businesspeople spend an inordinate amount of time in merger battles. Yet, a multi-decade analysis by The Economist concludes...
“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...
“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
“Russia is winning the Ukraine War. What will Russia’s victory mean?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated his intention to achieve total victory over Ukraine. He will not discuss a ceasefire (yet alone a peace
“Will the Biden Administration’s border policy replace Americans with immigrants?” – The Lonely RealistLoading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… A majority of Americans view the influx of immigrants at America’s southern border as an invasion. That influx of migrants, some in caravans from
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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.
