Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

It seems to be the consensus that the Crown Nominations Commission, which just completed what was supposed to be its final meeting to select...

Evangelical Christians claim that Americans should countenance only marriage on the model of “biblical marriage”—“one man and one woman,” ...

I had trouble paying my water bill yesterday. As is the case with most bills, I don’t write a check to Pennsylvania American Water anymore. ...

Before now, I have had a hard time figuring out why a business background like that of Mitt Romney would be useful in the White House. It ...

I notice interesting aspects of how people use language and often fail to comment on them, since doing so would make a very small essay. I ...

When I began writing this blog in 2002, I did not provide for comments. I didn’t know much about blogs back then, so I doubt I thought much...

The road to allowing women bishops in the Church of England has been long and painful. Approval of women bishops—not the last step before wo...

The United States of America has a completely secular Constitution, but the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania cannot say the same. I only just be...

I’ve been listening to Weekend Edition Saturday this afternoon. One announcement on this show, like many similar announcements one hears on...

Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. A backyard bird feeder claimed its first victim today. Owner of the feeder, Lionel Deimel, reported Monday that ...

St. David’s, Peters Township, which is working at rebuilding itself as a viable Episcopal church—see “ Pentecost at St. David’s ”—held a kin...

In the political sphere, finding the right words to characterize your cause or that of your opponents often provides the margin of victory. ...

Last year, I wrote a poem for Labor Day, a poem that I improved over the following ten days or so. The poem, which I eventually named “Labor...

It will surprise few readers that I am a supporter of the Obama-Biden ticket. Moreover, I believe that a major Republican victory in Novembe...

While reading stories about Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s opposition to the government’s plan to introduce a gay marriage bill, I ran in...

Not long ago, a mini library showed up in front of a house a few doors up the street. The little library can be seen in the figure at right....

Mitt Romney revealed his energy plan today. (See, for example, the NPR story here .) The plan is about what you’d expect and seems to have a...

AlterNet recently published excerpts of Mike Lofgren’s new book The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless a...

Now that Mitt Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his running mate, he is trying to distance himself from the radical budget proposals of Congres...

Update, 8/12/2012, 3:25 PM. Embarrassingly, I spelled “Gilded” wrong on my original graphic. Clearl...