Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

I was intrigued this afternoon by a discussion on the WNYC program On the Media  involving the words “Jew” and “Jewish.” The point was made...

One of the societal problems ameliorated by the Affordable Care Act was that people were discouraged from changing jobs if they had acquired...

President Trump’s second major initiative, his attempt to replace Obamacare with Trumpcare (a.k.a, the American Health Care Act) has crashed...

University of Chicago Press has announced that a new version of The Chicago Manual of Style , the 17th, will be published in September. (You...

On the whole, mainstream media seem to be doing a good job covering the Trump administration. (Coverage of the presidential campaign is anot...

Once again, National Poetry Month is here. This year’s poster for the celebration is below. (Click on the image for a PDF version.) I am s...

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...