“Rachel Carson published ‘Silent Spring’ in 1962. Sixty years later, damage from declining species' populations, and most visibly bees and birds, has greatly accelerated.” – The Lonely Realist TLR wrote on the subject of Silent Spring in May 2019. Three years later, Rachel Carson’s message was...
“The enormous amount of debt and money creation over the past 13 years has changed the nature, and also reduced the value, of debt and 'money'.” – The Lonely Realist As TLR wrote in July 2019, America’s trade sanctions initiated, and as TLR wrote in April...
“Legislation used to be about making better laws. Law-making today too-often is partisan theater.” –The Lonely Realist You’ve no doubt read about Florida’s law, HB 1557, titled “Parental Rights in Education” and labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. It’s a new partisan battleground because, according to...
“If you want more of something, subsidize it. If you want less, tax it.” –Ronald Reagan “And if you want less efficient markets, over-regulate them.” –The Lonely Realist There are good regulations and bad regulations. In a nation that has flourished under the Rule of Law, clarification-by-regulation...
“Today, the global face of freedom and democracy is Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine. That face used to be America’s President.” – The Lonely Realist Volodymyr Zelensky’s March 16th speech to Congress underscored America’s foundational tenets of “democracy, independence, freedom and care for everyone” and,...