Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

I am a graduate of  Benjamin Franklin High School  in New Orleans, Louisiana. Benjamin Franklin was established by the Orleans Parish School...

 See “ Taking the Cats to the Vet (Day 1) ” about my aborted veterinary appointment for cats Linus and Charlie. March 14, 2021 Cat carriers ...

March 11, 2021 10:04 a.m.   I am relaxing a bit, steeling myself for the annual trauma of getting my two cats to the veterinarian. It is not...

“Empty” bottle of Kraft Tartar Sauce Many products are packaged in squeeze bottles—ketchup, mustard, salad dressing, barbecue sauce, dishwas...

My recent post about the filibuster ( End the Filibuster ) was, perhaps, unduly negative. There are circumstances under which the filibuster...

 President Biden has a long and exciting agenda. Little of it can be realized without eliminating the Senate’s anti-democratic filibuster. I...

 I was surprised this morning when defense attorney Michael van der Veen argued that the impeachment document against ex-president Donald Tr...

Just over a week ago, I published an essay about the upcoming Senate trial of Donald J. Trump. (See On the Upcoming Trial of Donald Trump .)...

I understand President Biden’s desire to bring the country together. “Unity” is an attractive concept, but it can be a slippery one. Sometim...

 I am a big movie fan, and much of my movie watching is done on the television. (Particularly so in the current circumstances, of course!) I...

I was surprised to learn today that the Supreme Court instructed the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to dismiss two suits alleging that Pres...

 Donald Trump is to be tried once again by the Senate. There is much confusion—some of it intentionally generated by Trump partisans—about t...

 NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday led off today with a story titled “ Unpacking The Biden Administration's Coronavirus Strategy .” Dr. Carlo...

 Many of the insurrectionists who sacked the Capitol on January 6 are claiming, in their defense, that the president told them to do what th...

 The latest addition to the politically correct lexicon is the use of the phrase enslaved person for the more succinct slave . Supposedly, ...

With another election behind us, I have been planning to write one or more essays promoting and analyzing ranked choice voting. I have long ...

 On September 16, 2001, I wrote an essay titled “ What’s in a Name .” That essay considered the meaning of the events of September 11, 2001....

 Where should I start? Today held much promise. It seemed likely that two Democrats had won senatorial elections in Georgia, thereby giving ...

 I listened to an NPR report this morning about the difficulty of providing COVID-19 vaccines. Of course, different localities are encounte...

Today is the first day of a new year—2021. The greeting “Happy New Year” carries more meaning now than in most years. We leave behind what ...