Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

The Supreme Court has become the “No-Surprise Supreme Court.” The justices take cases seemingly adjudicated rationally and definitely in low...

I often read poetry in public, usually my own, but sometimes the poetry of others. In particular, I have been reading poetry at Sulfur Books...

Many of us are concerned about the future of our country and worry that the grand experiment that is the United States of America may be com...

I’ve been looking through the stack of papers on my desk. On a church bulletin insert, I found the beginning of a poem I scribbled down duri...

Widespread faith in democracy is on the decline. The autocrat, after all, can make needed changes quickly and without interference. Unfortun...

After major American upheavals, the country has perceived a need for new laws. New, sometimes transformational, laws were enacted after the ...

I find it distressing that some people who feel that the government is not working for them believe that scrapping our democratic institutio...

I made a list of my favorite movies the other day, and it struck me that it would be interesting to compare my list with movie lists of frie...

What follows below is excerpted from Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography  by Harlow Robinson. It describes the arrest of Lina Prokofiev, who was m...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, on April 19, 1775, Massachusetts colonists fired upon British soldiers at Lexington and Concord. We are now...

Increasingly, I hear advertisements for financial services targeted at “high worth” individuals or families. “High worth” is the latest euph...

Last month, I wrote a brief post about the meaning of “DEI,” and I asked how anyone could be against it. Below, I intend to offer something...

There are lots of good economic arguments for the insanity of Trump’s recent tariff increases. Trump believes that his tariffs will transfer...

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...