The Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade has divided Americans for almost half a century.  Politically, it created a gulf between anti-abortion, socially-conservative Republicans Americans and pro-abortion, socially liberal Democrats Americans, a gulf that has continued to widen.  Dialogue between the two does...

A number of readers have asked for emailed copies of prior TLRs that are referenced in more recent commentaries or relate to subjects in more recent commentaries.  All TLRs (which began in February 2019) are easily accessible on The Lonely Realist website (https://blog.thelonelyrealist.com/) and can...

The election in November of Vice President Biden or the re-election of President Trump will not end America’s partisan divisions … its uncivil war.  The Great Partisan Divide will persist.  The genie released by change progress a corrosive combination of social media, automation, rising income...