Whither Inflation (an ongoing discussion)? The Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, the European Central Bank, the Bank of England, and other Central Bankers have been working in parallel to stimulate their economies. To do so, they’ve printed enormous amounts of fiat currencies: U.S....
1937 1937 is not a notable part of a 20th Century history course. If you asked a history professor the events in 1937 that students should integrate into their knowledge-base, perhaps the Hindenburg disaster would receive first mention. Some would say that it changed...
Does Truth Matter? Some believe the beginnings can be traced to Bill Clinton when he said “I did not have sex with that woman.” Before our President gave that historical denial, we all knew that the meaning of fellatio was oral sex. The word...
The Times They are A-Changin “Most of us assume that the future will more or less resemble the present, but this is not necessarily so. In a long and eventful life, I have witnessed many periods of what I call radical disequilibrium. We are...
I've received a number of comments from readers confused by the cross-outs in The Lonely Realist. I did not intend them to be a source of confusion. I add them to inspire thought - that is, the crossed-out text should be read together with the...