Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

Terry Gross’s Fresh Air  has been broadcasting reruns of notable interviews during the holidays. At the end of today’s program, Gross announ...

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will almost certainly approve two articles of impeachment against President Donald J. Trump. Now is a...

If you have never done so, you should take a look at the Freedom House Web site. It rates countries (and some territories) on how free they...

At the recent annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, I noticed that, although proposed amendments to the Episcopal Church...

NPR ran a story this morning about both liberal and conservative groups urging President Trump to ban flavored e-cigarettes. Apparently, th...

As of this writing, ten Democratic contenders for the presidential nomination have qualified for the November 20 debate being held in Georgi...

At long last, Elizabeth Warren has revealed how she plans to pay for her plan for universal health care. Her plan is expensive and complex, ...

“It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature.” That was the famous line from a series of commercials for Chiffon margarine, a product manufactured ...

President Trump’s attorneys have argued that the president, while in office, is not only immune to indictment, but also is immune even to in...

When two additional Democratic presidential candidates who were not invited to the September debate qualified for the October event, I had h...

I have already written two posts concerning the possible impeachment of President Donald Trump (see “ Don’t Impeach Trump ” and “ Slow Order...

Now that the House of Representatives is onboard the impeachment train, everyone is asking just where that train is going. Because Nancy Pel...

With yet another debate among Democratic presidential candidates nearly upon us, now is a good time to consider the value of these events an...

In a story titled “Plan C,” by Nona Liss-Schultz, in the current issue of Mother Jones , Alabama State Senator Clyde Chambliss is quoted as ...

Happy Summer Day by Lionel Deimel An ordinary drive across town Past the usual scenery with its familiar flagpoles Fronting fire statio...

I am a big fan of the late Shirley Jackson . I discovered her writing on my own in my early college years. After reading her infamous short ...

I am distressed that Joe Biden continues to lead the polls of Democratic presidential candidates. His popularity is the product of widesprea...

The promises made by Democratic presidential candidates can be exhilarating: free college tuition, affordable health care for all, higher mi...

Robert Muller’s appearance on Capitol Hill yesterday has once more intensified the debate as to whether the House of Representatives—which i...