Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

The greatest fear of those concerned about the fate of the earth’s climate is that we could reach a tipping point, at which a warming climat...

Democrats will be arguing for a long time about what went wrong in the 2024 presidential election. Harris waged a mostly competent, rather n...

 I heard Speaker of the House Mike Johnson today saying, “We want to take a blowtorch to the regulatory state.” It is worth thinking about w...

I have never been comfortable with the Justice Department’s determination that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted. Although Americans ...

The news that Donald Trump was elected over Kamala Harris on Tuesday last was supremely depressing. I have since been avoiding the news and ...

I am not ready to offer a coherent response to yesterday’s election. I offer only one thought that has bothered me throughout the Harris cam...

In a recent essay on my Web site, I expressed discomfort with early voting because significant events can occur between when a person votes...

Last night, as I often do, I decided to bake some cookies to share at Clifton Springs Library’s Friday coffee hour. Rather than using one of...

I noted in my last post that I was reading Parable of the Sower  by Octavia E. Butler. Having finished that rather dark volume, I have gone ...

This afternoon, I listened to an interview with Palestinian poet and essayist Mosab Abu Toha on Fresh Air . Apparently, his literary credent...

I watched the vice-presidential debate Tuesday night to the bitter end. The debate was disappointing in that JD Vance managed to impersonate...

Longtime readers know that the niggardly use of commas is a pet peeve of mine. Today, I received my November issue of Trains . As usual, I t...

A lot is wrong in this country, and the outcome of the November election has the potential to make matters considerably worse. Many factors ...

It has been irritating to listen to voters interviewed about their reactions to Tuesday’s debate who complain about what Kamala Harris didn’...

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris participated in a presidential debate hosted by ABC News last night. The overwhelming consensus is that Harri...

 I watched the interview of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on CNN last night at 9 pm. The experience was unsatisfying. I mistakenly assumed that...

Every now and then, the pronunciation of a word drives me crazy. This post describes some of my current peeves. Let me begin with a very sim...

The Democratic convention begins today. Now is a good time to suggest the policies I would like to see announced this week. Since I’m not an...

The U.S. Constitution is a remarkable document and one that is often praised. It is far from perfect, however, and its imperfections have be...

I have added a new page of designs to the section of my Web site on curve-stitch designs. These new designs are based on drawing parabolas ...