The June 10th TLR entitled “The Supremely Supreme Court” speculated about the possibility of chaotic consequences that would follow from Moore v. Harper should the Court endorse the “state legislature theory” and determine that a State legislature has the Constitutional authority to set the rules...
“Your choice!” – The Lonely Realist Conflict or compromise is the choice facing Americans today. Oh, that also is the choice facing China and America. “We are in a period of clamor, of bewilderment, of an almost tremulous unrest.” If this resonates as a description of today’s...
"Not for some time.” – The Lonely Realist What is a “Dalio Moment”? Ray Dalio is a leading proponent of cycle theory. His book, Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order, predicts an unhappy end to the current “Big Cycle,” warning that an unraveling of the...
“Hang on tight for a Supremely wild ride!” – The Lonely Realist With Presidential power subject to increasing legislative and judicial constraints and with Congress deadlocked, a muscular Supreme Court is increasingly tipping the scales … above its Constitutional weight. Those who believe that America’s Rule of...
“Eventually, every stalemate ends.” – The Lonely Realist In his speech at the 1936 Democratic National Convention, at the height of the 20th Century’s philosophical and political clash between democracy and its domestic and international fascist and communist alternatives, President Roosevelt went all-in on American democracy....