Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

A couple of months ago, I completed a longstanding project. My goal was to watch every movie on the list of the top 100 American movies comp...

The passage of the Republicans’ tax bill is a complete lesson in how not to create new laws. Nothing about the process that resulted in the ...

Star Wars: The Last Jedi  poster Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Some have suggested that the Star Wars  movies are intended as fai...

It seems likely that, contrary to all reasonable calculus, the Congress will pass the regressive Republican tax “reform” bill tonight or tom...

It was reported yesterday that the Trump administration has banned the use of seven words or phrases by the CDC, namely, “ vulnerable,” “en...

The media often act as though “Christian” means “evangelical Christian.” When commentary on current affairs is desired from a Christian pers...

On this day, December 2, 1942, 75 years ago, Chicago Pile-1 produced the world’s first artificial self-sustained nuclear chain reaction. CP-...

The tax bill nearing passage in the Senate runs to nearly 500 pages and includes text written in nearly indecipherable longhand in the margi...

As I write this, I am waiting to see if there are at least two Republicans in the Senate who will vote against the “tax reform” bill that is...

It has become commonplace for politicians to talk of “supporting our troops.” My own church even prays each week for “those in the armed for...

President Trump has returned the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. (See N...

It’s convention time again for the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. I have been attending these annual events every year since 2002. The dio...

Like many Americans, I watched all 18 hours of the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary The Vietnam War . Many have commented on the PBS progra...

People seem to love to complain about their cable company. Admittedly, cable service seems universally too expensive, a fact that is causing...

Tonight, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox play a single game to see which team will be given a chance eventually to play in Major...

I had been planning to write an essay explaining why President Trump’s approach to a nuclear-armed North Korea is flawed. But the increasing...

It is understandable that people of goodwill can differ on immigration policy. Our national immigration policy has been inconsistent over th...

I watched President Donald Trump’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly this morning. I would like to offer a few observations of h...

As the baseball season winds down, I think it a good time to offer some thoughts on aspects of the game. The basic rules of baseball have ...

I wrote the poem below on September 27, 2001. It is one of several poems I wrote in response to the attacks of September 11. This poem r...