Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

 Major League Baseball begins a new season today. And the season begins with new rules intended to increase scoring and get games over with ...

 

Like many people, I suspect, I am frustrated by Donald Trump’s unconstitutional behavior as president and his outrageous behavior as a civil...

The Federal Reserve took control of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) on Friday. Depositors were immediately reassured that insured deposits would b...

No, I am not interested in the insane pronouncements by a reputed government insider that has ensorcelled weak-minded so-called conservative...

It is supremely ironic that the Republican Party insists that it is the party of freedom, whereas its policies are mostly those that limit f...

I frequently watch movies on disk. (No, I’m not a troglodyte who doesn’t know how to stream content. Many of the films I want to watch, part...

I heard a phrase on NPR this morning I have never heard before: “adolescent women.” Why not “adolescent girls” or “adolescent females,” I th...

I read something that Congressman Jamie Raskin said and wanted to express my approval of his having said it. He complained about Republicans...

I began making curve-stitch designs in junior high school, having been introduced to them by my math teacher, Mrs. Eunice Williams. I quickl...

I am tired of both politicians and journalists speaking of proposed law changes as “reform.” GOP lawmakers want to “reform” Social Security,...

A while ago, I was reading a story of some sort. A few paragraphs into it, I ran into the phrase “they said.” They who? I wondered, as I had...

When I moved to Clifton Springs, New York, I was happy to discover that there was an Episcopal Church hardly more than a block away. I have ...

I’m not a fan of quiz shows generally, but I regularly watch Jeopardy!  This particular program requires knowledge—often arcane knowledge—im...

Moving to a new town requires finding new sources of goods and services—doctors, mechanics, food stores, clothing stores, etc. Yesterday, I ...

For quite some time, I couldn’t update my Web site,  Lionel Deimel’s Farrago . Because of this, I couldn’t keep the table of contents for Li...

When I first opened the Facebook app on my phone this morning, I was asked if I wanted to complete a survey about my use of Facebook. I have...

 The phrase “pull out all the stops” is a common phrase meaning to do everything in one’s power, using all resources at one’s disposal, to a...

Today, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that the United States has reached its statutory debt limit. The government apparently can...

 Last month, The New York Times  published a piece by Elizabeth Dias titled “ When Does Life Begin? ” My reaction to the essay was that it a...