Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

I often post comments to my Facebook account without posting or taking note of them here. I posted an earlier version of the above graphic ...

When Donald Trump, as soon as he regained the presidency, attacked DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), I assumed that he deplored the DE...

I was shocked! Shocked! When I received my copy of the December 29, 2025 & January 5, 2026 issue of The New Yorker  (see illustration). ...

NPR, which has been interviewing Democrats about the future of their party, featured Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen today on Morning Edi...

I do a fair amount of cooking and lots of baking. Naturally, I have built up a repertoire of useful kitchen skills. I do make mistakes, howe...

The Trump administration has claimed that its cuts to the federal government are eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse. If this is true, where...

Never in modern times has one political party been so philosophically monolithic as is today’s Republican Party. Never in modern times has a...