Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

Because it’s March 31, I began thinking about changing the month on the calendar hanging on my wall. Last year, I didn’t find a calendar tha...

I was distressed, but not surprised, when I read the AP headline “ Trump says he’s considering ways to serve a third term as president .” Do...

The state of Maryland has announced plans  to build a bridge to replace the Francis Scott Key Bridge destroyed by a cargo ship a year ago. I...

A common question on public-opinion surveys is something like: Is the country moving in the right direction or not? For example, for more th...

Elon Musk’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) is misnamed, misconceived, or purposely deceptive. Rather than rooting out waste, fra...

Dictionary.com provides the following definition for DEI:   Abbreviation for  diversity, equity, and inclusion: a conceptual framework that...

 

 The 100th anniversary issue of The New Yorker  is now out. The cover date is “Feb. 17 & 24, 2025.” Excepted for the cover price (15¢ in...

I have been raising oxalis for 50 years. I have often taken photos of complete plants. Such pictures usually look like an explosion of leave...

Increasingly, I am encountering advertisements describing a particular computer program (or, more commonly, a phone program) as a software ....

I signed up for the Clifton Springs Library book club the other day. We meet Thursday to discuss this month’s book, The Booklover’s Library ...

I’ve had a busy morning. I began by writing a brief note to The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, telling her ho...

On a frigid January day in 2025—many thought it would be a cold day in hell when this would happen—Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 47th ...

I intentionally did not watch the inauguration of Donald Trump this morning, as I knew it would drive me crazy. I did, however, tune in to w...

President Joe Biden delivered a farewell address last night. He spoke of some of his accomplishments as president. More importantly, he warn...

Pete Hegseth appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday as Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. He has proved...

Peter Yarrow, of the folk group Peter, Paul & Mary, died on January 7 at the age of 86. The New York Times  covered his life and death h...

On February 6, 2023, I posted a poem fragment on my blog. I had presumably written that fragment even earlier, although I don’t remember ha...

Today, January 6, is The Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It is probably not what most Americans are thinking of this day. Four years ago,...

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...