Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

A large section of my Web site is devoted to curve-stitch designs. These designs are created with straight lines that often seem to create ...

Indiana, Pennsylvania, appears to be something of a backwater as far as resistance to the Trump administration is concerned. I have had no o...

I recently wrote a collect “For a Troubled Nation.” It represents an admittedly liberal Episcopalian’s liturgical response to the advent of ...

I was on jury duty yesterday. If you have ever been on jury duty, you know that there is lots of down time while waiting to learn if you wi...

Thanks to our new President, relations between the United States and the United Mexican States (i.e., Mexico) are exceedingly strained. Dona...

Poster for Rosemary’s Baby Donald Trump’s becoming President of the United States seems, on some level, unreal. It was not supposed to h...

This morning, NPR broadcast a short segment on “Hail to the Chief,” the familiar Presidential Anthem. The anthem has been associated with th...

When acting to “fix” something, it’s always a good idea to ask: What problem are we solving? Doing so forces you to consider ultimate obje...

(Sent via USPS) January 3, 2017 Senator Bob Casey RSOB—Russell Senate Office Building, 2 Constitution Avenue, NE Room 393 Wash...

(Sent via USPS) January 3, 2017 Senator Pat Toomey RSOB—Russell Senate Office Building, 2 Constitution Avenue, NE Room 248 Wa...

I noted on 12/22/2016 that I was having trouble with the navigation mechanism on my Web site, Lionel Deimel’s Farrago . That problem has no...

Every chess player knows that winning is sometimes a foolish objective. When victory is exceedingly unlikely (and probably impossible), the ...

I am still working to fix the navigation on my Web site. In the process, I am discovering files I had completely forgotten about. One of thi...

I wrote the poem below in 2002 and added it to my Web site , along with a description of its origin. Posting this is a more-or-less annual ...

Yesterday, I was fixing some minor formatting problems with my Web site, Lionel Deimel’s Farrago . In the process, my software royally screw...

As expected, the Electoral College has failed the Republic. (See “ The Constitution Faces a Challenge (And It Will Probably Fail) .”) Althou...

Tomorrow, the Electoral College will determine if Donald J. Trump will become the next President of the United States. There is little doubt...

I am tired of the influence of the so-called Christians in this country—the people who object to abortion with the same passion that they op...

I find myself buying an increasing number of products over the Internet. Even when price is not an issue, I sometimes cannot find a particul...