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...