[TLR IS TRAVELING AND APOLOGIZES FOR ANY REPETITIONS IN THE FOLLOWING:] “‘Due Process’ has made America great. More engineers (and fewer lawyers) could make it even greater.” – The Lonely Realist America’s government is run by lawyers…, at least it seems that way. America’s founding fathers were...
Almost all comments on TLR's September 14th commentary, “The End of Ukraine,” can be summarized as “How much did Putin pay you to write this piece?” Those comments should be contrasted with Niall Ferguson's “I’ve Seen the Future of War. Europe Isn’t Ready for It” in...
[TLR IS TRAVELING AND ON WEDNESDAY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM CASSANDRA:] “A recession (along with increasing inflation) is fast-approaching.” – Cassandra Dear Mr. Realist: Allow me to return to the conversation you and I shared several months ago. The developing weaknesses in the U.S. economy that I...
The following are two readers' comments on this week's commentary, “Ben Shapiro: Lions and Scavengers”: Comment #1: Thanks for your messaging on Charlie Kirk, but you completely missed Kirk’s point. Instead of emphasizing that speaking out on virtually anything should not be censored, you say that everyone should...
“It’s time – past time – to tone down divisive rhetoric.” – The Lonely Realist But that’s not what Ben Shapiro is doing. (And he’s not alone.) Although that's his Constitutional right…, he should exercise it more thoughtfully. From The Free Press (“Je suis Charlie”): “The acceleration...
A TLR reader has noted that in a September interview, The Financial Times reported that Ray Dalio echoed the conclusions reached by TLR in its August 30th commentary, "King Donald."...