“Insider trading opportunities abound. They’re available to everyone, but are most readily accessed by government employees.” – The Lonely Realist Insider trading can be an exceedingly profitable enterprise, especially for a government employee …, and most especially for a member of Congress. After all, government employment...
“Alternate realities are thriving, fed by media disinformation.” – The Lonely Realist The late 20th Century was The Golden Age of News. Larger-than-life newscasters earned the public’s trust. They successfully policed the activities of governments, businesses, and industries. “The most trusted man in America" was Walter...
“A Soft Landing Indeed!” – Cassandra TLR recently described the reasons why America may be in the midst of a soft economic landing, acknowledging Cassandra’s February 18th prediction that America’s economy would prove more resilient than doomsayers had forecast. In response, Cassandra wrote TLR the following...
“America’s national interest requires Ukraine to be a bipartisan bridge.” – The Lonely Realist After America’s calamitous withdrawal from Afghanistan in the Summer of 2021, TLR wrote that “America is war-weary. Its three most recent Presidents – Obama, Trump and Biden – have made military withdrawal...
“Greed is Good!” – Gordon Gekko Was Cassandra right? Interviewed by TLR on February 18th, Cassandra predicted that the Federal Reserve would successfully fine-tune America’s economy and achieve a soft landing. She dismissed pundits’ warnings of an imminent recession and scoffed at a financial Armageddon. Her...