Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

I occasionally write a comment in response to an opinion piece from The New York Times . My thoughts may have little influence, but it is sa...

Since I arrived in Clifton Springs, New York, I have been borrowing CDs from the local library. The collection is not great—there are hardly...

Today, we celebrate what we view as the birth of the United States of America. Colonists on these shores declared their independence from Gr...

I have mixed feelings about the Supreme Court’s having struck down President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program in  Biden v. Nebraska ...

Over the course of the twentieth century, various trials were declared to be “The Trial of the Century.” Clearly, not all of them deserved t...

No doubt, many are still reeling from the Donald Trump town hall staged on CNN earlier this month. The former president was questioned by Ka...

It has often and rightly been said that the Constitution is not a suicide pact. And yet, some substantial numbers of Republicans in the Hous...

I was very upset by the recent announcement that Netflix was terminating its DVD delivery service this fall. I first joined Netflix when all...

I often post graphics on Facebook that never appear here on my blog. What appears below began as a Facebook post. I thought others might wan...

I am tired of hearing Trump and his minions complain that the various investigations of the former president—and now at least one actual ind...

Today was the first day of sunny, 70-degree weather in Clifton Springs since I moved here in November. I had to go outside just after noon a...

 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...