TLR Week in Review: March 14, 2025 Sponsored research brought to you by Centennial Quantitative Welcome to this week’s edition of The Lonely Realist Week in Review. In a week defined by high-stakes political brinkmanship and fiscal uncertainty, U.S. markets have been rocked by a flurry of...
“Does the Democratic Party Have a Future?” – The Lonely Realist James Carville, the Democratic Party’s uber-strategist, recently published an editorial in the New York Times that sets out his plan for Democratic Party success. Sadly, his proposals repeat the mistakes that have bedeviled voters Democrats for...
TLR Week in Review: March 7, 2025 Sponsored research brought to you by Centennial Quantitative Welcome to this week’s edition of The Lonely Realist Week in Review. Markets have faced another round of turbulence, triggered by shifting tariff policies, renewed anxieties about the global economy, and evolving...
“What do 21st Century Conservatives and Liberals actually believe in?” – The Lonely Realist As TLR has noted, modern American political conservatism is founded on four “right wing” principles: fiscal restraint, furthering traditional American values, pursuing a strong national defense, and incentivizing capitalist Darwinism. The core...
“Are there limits to Executive Power?” – The Lonely Realist Three consecutive Presidents have excessively extended Executive Power and, as TLR has explained, the excessiveness has been Congress’s fault. Congress has been a passive observer to Constitutional erosion. The foundation of American democracy is the balancing...