As TLR observed in Aborting Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s decision permitting Texas courts to enforce SB 8 (which bans abortions after the 6th week of pregnancy and outsources enforcement to private persons) lights the fuse for Blue States and Red States to compete...
“Although capital historically has dominated labor in America, labor began reasserting itself in the 21st Century when the Trump Administration encouraged onshoring and erected tariff barriers, a trend that was accelerated by COVID and pro-labor Biden Administration policies.” – The Lonely Realist Which side is going...
"America is a nation divided by economic, cultural, racial and social fissures. Americans agree that this divisiveness is self-destructive. There's more they can agree on.” – The Lonely Realist America is having an identity crisis. That shouldn’t be surprising. Empires like America rise and fall in...
“Self-interest has made Joe Biden and Jay Powell best buds. Joe has agreed to reappoint Jay. Jay, in turn, has reassured Joe that America can (and will!) achieve low inflation and ever-higher equity prices by November 2022.” – The Lonely Realist Have you imagined the conversation...
"If insider trading is illegal, how come so many CEOs (as well as members of Congress and Federal Reserve Governors) get away with it?" – The Lonely Realist Insider trading stories make it clear that, if America enacts laws … and if the American public is...