“James Carville’s memorable 1992 campaign quip of ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ was prescient then and will be prescient again in 2024.” – The Lonely Realist Americans vote their wallets. Whether or not they’re enamored with the incumbent, they’ll re-elect him if they believe he capably managed...
“AI warnings have provided Americans with fresh Congressional theater.” – The Lonely Realist The risks of AI were aired in simultaneous hearings earlier this month by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law and the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety...
“People today go to school to prepare for a job. Previous generations went to school to prepare for life. Both are necessary.” – The Lonely Realist America became the greatest nation on Earth because it had the best education system on Earth … from kindergarten through...
“To what extent should regulators have discretion to interpret America’s laws?” – The Lonely Realist Ronald Reagan famously said, “If you want more of something, subsidize it. If you want less, tax it.” He could have added “And if you want to further a political agenda,...
“The foundations of Conservatism continue to crumble.” – The Lonely Realist Being a Conservative in 2023 does not have the same meaning as being a Conservative in the 1980s … or even as recently as in 2015 (when the Freedom Caucus was founded). Classical American Conservativism...