“Could a decision by the Fifth Circuit radically shrink government?” – The Lonely Realist Yes. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans recently decided Jarkesy v. SEC, holding that the power and authority granted by Congress to the SEC is, essentially, unConstitutional. Your reaction should...

“Buy the dip! Sell the rally!” – The Lonely Realist The markets are wacko! What are they going to do next? Will stocks again start climbing the proverbial stairs back up to record heights … or will they continue riding the elevator down to depressing lows?...

“Too much government means less individual autonomy and freedom.” – The Lonely Realist “Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem” is an oft-quoted Ronald Reaganism that states the conservative view of American government as a bureaucratic behemoth that intrudes in individuals’...

“Rachel Carson published ‘Silent Spring’ in 1962. Sixty years later, damage from declining species' populations, and most visibly bees and birds, has greatly accelerated.” – The Lonely Realist TLR wrote on the subject of Silent Spring in May 2019. Three years later, Rachel Carson’s message was...