“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert … and on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!’” – Percy Bysshe Shelley TLR took a family trip to Washington, D.C....
“America’s judiciary is the Founders’ safety valve.” – The Lonely Realist TLR first wrote about the Rule of Law in April 2019, emphasizing its significance as a cornerstone of America’s success. The American Rule of Law is different from the Rule of Law practiced in other...
“The American Experiment is a test of racial, religious, and ethnic integration. It’s about the meaning of ‘equality.’” – The Lonely Realist "Out of many, one" – e pluribus unum. The “American Experiment” is founded on the "self-evident truth" that "all men are created equal.” It is...
“Is a gerrymandered democracy good for America?” – The Lonely Realist Gerrymandering is the redrawing of electoral maps in order to maintain a partisan advantage. Its derivation is a combination of Elbridge Gerry’s last name (he was the governor of Massachusetts in 1812) and salamander, which...
“History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain Although Mark Twain was right that history seldom repeats itself, he was also correct in saying that history often rhymes. For example, it’s easy today to see the many parallels between recent events and those...