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am an inveterate news and science junkie, and a keen observer of all things
beneath the notice of most normal people. I sometimes feel compelled to write
essays based on my observation and analysis, and I share some of those
essays here. If you visit regularly, I hope that I can be entertaining, thought-provoking,
and perhaps even surprising.
Much of my writing might be characterized as op-ed material; I usually deal
with politics or public policy issues. I do write off-the-wall stuff now and
then, however, such as “The Four-way Stop.” Feel free to e-mail me your reactions, comments, and suggestions. Just
click on my address at the bottom of this or any other page. Click on the Contact
Information button at the left for other ways of communicating with me.
In February 2002, I began a Web log for brief (and probably not too polished)
observations. Purists will, no doubt, argue that this is not really a Web log at
all, as I add to it infrequently, even
if I do use Web log software (from Blogger)
to maintain the site. Well, there is some truth in that charge. The ability to
add a new essay simply, however, lets me indulge my eccentricities, so the
essays in Lionel Deimel’s Web Log may have a
quirkiness more in evidence than in the essays below, which some visitors will
find especially attractive. Many of the essays would otherwise end up here. The
rest mostly concern language. A complete, chronological listing of my Web log
essays can be found on the Site Map page.
— LED, 6/30/2005
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Entries below are listed oldest first. Go
to bottom
Michigan Lessons—on the Michigan presidential
primary, 2/23/2000
A Few Questions about Selecting Presidential Candidates—some
post-primary thoughts, 3/15/2000)
The People's Choice—on winning elections by
plurality, 4/5/2000
Early Chow—snapshot of life as an Army
bandsman, 5/28/2000
Elián's Legacy—on the lessons of the Elián
Gonzales affair, 7/2/2000
The Marriage Penalty—on tax policy,
9/2/2000
Eleventh-hour Advice for Al Gore—campaign
advice for a presidential candidate, 10/26/2000
The People's Choice (Round Two)—plurality
voting gets us into trouble in Florida, 11/11/2000
What's in a Name?—how we talk about the terrorist
attacks, 9/16/2001
The Four-way Stop—more
thoughts than you ever wanted to deal with concerning this common type
of intersection, 11/29/2001
Black Hawk Down—a
reflection on (though not quite a review of) the 2001 Ridley Scott move,
1/28/2002
A Warning to Catholic Bishops—isolating
parish property may not be an inspired idea, 6/13/2002
Blinking Lights—blinking
lights return to an ordinary computer user, 12/5/2002
Christian Morality in the White House—why
not everyone (or even every Christian) is pleased with President
Bush’s brand of morality, 4/3/2003
Rick's Fix—evaluating a
controversial statement by Senator Rick Santorum, 4/26/2003
Where Are the Politicians?—why
so few politicians are weighing in on the Texas sodomy decision,
6/27/2003
Not Your Money—evolving
Republican attitudes toward taxes, 7/7/2004
The Pledge of Allegiance Revisited—“under
God” is not the only problem with the Pledge of Allegiance, 7/21/2004
Musashi's Last Day—the story
of the death of one of my cats, 1/15/2005
What's It All About, Terri?—a
commentary on the Terri Schiavo affair, 4/5/2005
Thankful—thoughts on some
patriotic slogans as Independence Day approaches, 6/30/2005
National World War II
Memorial — an evaluation of a new Washington, D.C., monument, 7/19/2005
Aphorisms — a modest
collection of original aphorisms, revised 4/27/2016
The Videocassette Indexing
Problem Solved — my latest scheme for keeping track of what’s on my
videocassettes, 12/7/2006
The Annotated Mark Lawrence —
commentary on the recent Q & A from the Very Rev. Mark Lawrence offered in
support of his being consecrated Bishop of South Carolina, 12/12/2006
Syringes for My Cat — dealing
with syringes for a diabetic cat, 9/25/2010
A Matter of Mottos — “In God we
trust” vs. "E pluribus unum,” 4/23/2016
Another MLB Safety Concern
— the danger of chairs in foul ground, 3/3/2019
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