“A Soft Landing Indeed!” – Cassandra TLR recently described the reasons why America may be in the midst of a soft economic landing, acknowledging Cassandra’s February 18th prediction that America’s economy would prove more resilient than doomsayers had forecast. In response, Cassandra wrote TLR the following...

“Your choice!” – The Lonely Realist Conflict or compromise is the choice facing Americans today. Oh, that also is the choice facing China and America. “We are in a period of clamor, of bewilderment, of an almost tremulous unrest.” If this resonates as a description of today’s...

“Eventually, every stalemate ends.” – The Lonely Realist In his speech at the 1936 Democratic National Convention, at the height of the 20th Century’s philosophical and political clash between democracy and its domestic and international fascist and communist alternatives, President Roosevelt went all-in on American democracy....

“The human condition is improving at an exponential rate.” – The Lonely Realist The human condition has improved more over the last 100 years than it did over the prior 5,000 years. Think about what that means. Then consider that the next 25 years will see...