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A table of contents for Lionel Deimel’s Farrago, showing pages and structure of the site.
An annotated table of contents for Lionel Deimel’s Web Log.

Recent Changes

A new poem, Ginkgo Biloba, was added 12/5/2023.

I added a new theorem about PPDIs in Digital Invariants: Additional Results, 10/14/2023.

A Trump Alphabet, an incomplete poem cycle was added 10/4/2023.

I added audio of my first attempt to write a tune for my hymn Holy Eucharist, 9/27/2023.

Positions on the Election of V. Gene Robinson has been thoroughly revised to update links, 9/16/2023.

I added my automata theory dissertation in Computer Science, 9/13/2023.

My discussion of digital invariants was revised on 9/11/2023.

Collects for Various Situations was added in Church Resources 8/28/2023.

Thoughts on Independence Day, 2023, was added in Commentary 7/4/2023

Added Welcome to My Church (introduction), which links to ads placed by Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh. 8/25/2023.

Tweaking the Electoral College was added in Commentary 8/20/2023.

I changed one line of the poem Musashi's Odyssey on 8/8/2023.

The commentary on the poem 2001 was expanded on 7/28/2023.

Cataract Surgery, a personal account of the procedure is new in Commentary 7/4/2023.

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Lionel Deimel's Farrago (Home)

Web Log

Posts are archived individually as well as by month, which makes it easier to find a particular one. Posts are listed and categorized below. They can also be searched from the Search page or from the search bar at the top of any page of the blog itself. The table below lists all posts, in chronological order. Summaries in red are general commentaries; summaries in green are about language; summaries in purple are usually about the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. (They may occasionally be more generally about religion.) Summaries in black deal with the administration of my Web site or blog. (These classifications are not always unambiguous and sometimes overlap.) Click on a title to go to the post.

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Date	Title	Summary
2/9/2002	Web Log	Introduction to Web log
2/9/2002	How Much Power Can It Take to Run a Map Light?	How I killed my battery by leaving the map light on
2/9/2002	Out of This World	Why doesn’t the space station spin?
2/9/2002	Historicity	Opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics
2/10/2002	Windows Update	How I zapped my computer by using Microsoft’s Windows Update
2/10/2002	Tech Support	How Microsoft helped me restore my computer
2/14/2002	Wire	Discovering a landscape with fewer overhead wires
2/19/2002	On-line	Pronunciation in an American Online TV commercial
2/22/2002	Sarah Hughes	A figure skater makes watching the Olympics worthwhile
3/1/2002	Steel	Commentary (and prediction) about the upcoming presidential decision on steel tariffs
3/4/2002	On- and Off-line	Pronunciation and origin of “on-line” and “off-line”
3/16/2002	Ins and Outs of Completing Forms	Idioms regarding the use of forms
3/19/2002	World Premier	My hymn “O Lord the Invisible” is sung in church for the first time
3/19/2002	How’s That Again?	NPR trouble with word order in a report
4/2/2002	Gloomy Words	Words related to “Tenebrae”
4/18/2002	Things Might Have Been Different	Conciseness vs. precision in a pharmaceutical industry ad
5/18/2002	Back Again!	How a Web hosting migration kept me away from this log (and other things in life)
5/21/2002	Did I miss the coup?	President Bush’s use of the war to suppress criticism
6/11/2002	Homeland Security	Let’s call the new cabinet department something else
6/13/2002	ADM as God?	Can one “make” something natural?
6/17/2002	Unpatriotic?	Corporate income tax and plans to move the headquarters of The Stanley Works to Bermuda
6/18/2002	Quotation	You never know what you say will be quoted
7/5/2002	Puns	An interesting class of puns
8/5/2002	Too Fond of a Good Thing?	Hanging on to titles that are no longer appropriate
9/18/2002	Inspections in Iraq	A proposal for effective weapons inspections in Iraq
10/4/2002	Letter on Iraq	Advice to Congress on the Iraq situation
12/6/2002	Deconstructing an Icon	What’s in a Federal Express logo?
1/5/2003	Far Apart	Symmetry in negotiating positions
1/5/2003	Where Did the Other Calorie Go?	How did sugar lose one calorie per teaspoon?
1/6/2003	Where Do They Come From?	Why did I see no goldfinches before getting a goldfinch feeder?
1/9/2003	A FrontPage Story	Microsoft changes a program and almost nobody notices
1/23/2003	On Reaching Consensus	Another noun gets verbed
1/27/2003	Travel Tip	How to “lock” your checked airline luggage
2/24/2003	Thought Experiment	Is NASA being completely forthright about risk analysis during Columbia’s mission?
3/18/2003	Thanks, But No Thanks	Why we stand on the brink of war with few allies
3/20/2003	No Protest Today	As war in Iraq begins, I find myself supporting it and hoping for the best
4/9/2003	Man-to-man	Are the feminist language police asleep at the switch?
4/14/2003	Looting	Why we must stop the looting in Iraq now
4/15/2003	The Next Battle for Iraq	First steps toward a new government for Iraq
4/26/2003	Incest	What do you call a person who engages in incest?
5/7/2003	All New	How does an “all new” program differ from a simply “new” one?
5/12/2003	Bucking the Odds	George W. Bush risks our President’s life
5/13/2003	Chicken or Egg?	Why don’t the Democrats attack the President?
5/15/2003	Constituent Services	Senator Rick Santorum reveals his sensitivity
5/22/2003	Some Random Thoughts on Iraq	Where do we go from here?
5/23/2003	Thought Experiment Redux	NASA answers a hypothetical question regarding Columbia
6/5/2003	Repartee	Some recent witty conversations
6/12/2003	Cannot	Are “can not” and “cannot” synonymous?
6/20/2003	More Ambiguity	Ambiguity in a hotel commercial
7/16/2003	Disconnect	Congressman Jim Nussle demonstrates the Republican thought process
7/31/2003	Church and State in the Bush Administration	The President speaks out against gay marriage
12/13/2003	Back Again	An explanation of why it has been so long since the last post
12/15/2003	Ground Zero Memorial	A proposal for a less abstract memorial on the World Trade Center site
6/24/2004	Surprising Old Usages	Archaic meanings in historic Anglican texts
6/28/2004	Senate Indecency	How sincere is the Senate about indecency?
7/5/2004	Independence Day Thought	Why separation of church and state is such a good idea
8/25/2004	Is “Both” Really Necessary?	Why do people insist on using “both” when speaking of symmetric relations?
9/15/2004	Lower Manhattan	A name takes on new significance
11/15/2004	Reflection on the Recent Election	Post-election thoughts offered to members of Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh
1/4/2005	Charitable Diversion?	Tsunami relief provides another opportunity to play politics
5/23/2005	Nuclear Option	A letter to my senators on attempts to circumvent the filibuster
7/7/2005	From Yellow to Orange	Did Homeland Security really raise the threat level?
7/28/2005	E-commerce at eMusic	Aggressive marketing at a music download site
7/28/2005	Space Shuttle Design Flaw	Is the Space Shuttle the victim of a bad early design decision?
7/31/2005	Finding the Right Noun	NASA or CNN is imprecise
8/3/2005	John Bolton	From the Democrat’s point of view, the outcome isn’t so bad
8/16/2005	Another Comma Problem	J. K. Rowling omits a comma
9/6/2006	Favicon	Explaining a new feature of Lionel Deimel’s Farrago
9/8/2006	Apply Directly to the Whatever	How do you pronounce “forehead”?
9/11/2006	Bishops Meeting Again	Thoughts on the meeting of Episcopal Church bishops (September 11–13, 2006)
9/14/2006	Update on New York Meeting	A brief post-meeting report
9/23/2006	Trying Too Hard	Odd pronunciations
9/29/2006	Eat How?	Does “eat healthy” make any sense?
10/7/2006	Trying Too Hard II	Another odd pronunciation
10/25/2006	What, Me Worry?	The White House has no plans for dealing with the aftermath of an election that does not go its way
10/31/2006	What Does the Diocese of Pittsburgh Really Want?	Is the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh asking for alternative primatial oversight, appointment of a Communion Commissary, or both?
11/25/2006	Unqualified Accession	Can a diocese modify its accession to the constitution and canons of The Episcopal Church?
11/27/2006	Three Parents?	More on problems that commas (or their absence) can cause
1/2/2007	Public Reading	How I read better in church
1/5/2007	Blog Improvements	Some recent blog changes and other administrivia
1/7/2007	Syndication Joys and Woes	Thoughts on syndicating my blog
1/7/2007	Unity Collect	My collect on the theme of Christian unity is again on the Anglican Cycle of Prayer for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
1/8/2007	Can You Hear the L?	Another word for my list of words in which an L is silent
1/9/2007	Do We Need the Anglican Communion ?	Maybe not
1/11/2007	Advice for the PB for the Primates’ Meeting	The new Presiding Bishop will be severely challenged at the upcoming meeting of the primates, but she may be able to turn things around.
1/11/2007	Just to Be Clear ...	A brief note reiterating the point made in the last essay, namely, that The Episcopal Church must be willing to walk away from the Anglican Communion is it is to have any hope of saving it
2/7/2007	Going to Hospital	A plug for my essay in Language Notes.
2/10/2007	High Anxiety in Pittsburgh	Parishes in the Diocese of Pittsburgh could be affected by the upcoming primates’ meeting more than other Episcopalians.
2/14/2007	Nonbinding Resolutions	Efforts by Democrats to pass nonbinding resolutions about the Iraq war are not pointless.
2/15/2007	Latest Improvements	Some recent blog changes and thought on what I do with my blog
2/17/2007	The Consents Question, Again	A review of the saga of obtaining consents for the consecration of Mark Lawrence as Bishop of South Carolina, along with an analysis of the recent letter from the South Carolina Standing Committee
2/18/2007	Last Minute Thoughts on Consents	A few more thoughts on the Mark Lawrence matter that didn’t find their way into the previous post
2/20/2007	A New Urgency	At the risk of seeming obsessive, I relate the matter of Lawrence consents to the communiqué from the Tanzania primate’s meeting
2/22/2007	Lambeth 1998 1.10	Some initial thoughts on the outcome of the primates’ meeting in Tanzania
2/28/2007	Anglican Ambiguity	Thoughts on communiqués from the Anglican primates and the process that produces them
2/28/2007	Arkansas’s	What is the singular possessive of “Arkansas”?
3/3/2007	Can We Trust Our Bishops?	Consent to consecrate Mark Lawrence by the House of Bishops raises concerns about whether its bishops will protect The Episcopal Church.
3/4/2007	And the correct date is …	What is the deadline date for standing committees to respond to the request for consent to consecrate Mark Lawrence?
3/7/2007	Down to the Wire	Traditionalists are lobbying for consents for Mark Lawrence. They cannot say that only the election process, and not Mark Lawrence himself, is fair game for consideration, however.
3/8/2007	Unconvinced	Mark Lawrence has tried, in a letter to standing committees, to assure the church of his loyalty. I am unconvinced.
3/14/2007	Some Mathematical Reflections on Communion	I look at communion relations within the Anglican Communion from a mathematical point of view. Perhaps only mathematicians will want to read this one.
3/15/2007	And the correct date is …, Part II	A look at the three-day extension gratuitously given the Diocese of South Carolina to obtain consents for Mark Lawrence
3/15/2007	Lawrence Bid Fails	Mark Lawrence’s quest for consents to has consecration has failed. This item contains a link to my press release on the matter.
3/18/2007	Reflections on the Mark Lawrence Affair	Thoughts on the Mark Lawrence consent process
3/30/2007	“Bovine Sue”	My latest poem honors Episcopalian activist Sue Boulden, who died on 3/27/2007.
3/31/2007	Stupid Chess	President Bush is likely to lose the current battle with Congress over a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq. The loss will not be pretty.
4/1/2007	The Covenant We Do Need	A covenant defining how the Anglican Communion works might not be such a bad idea.
4/18/2007	Here We Go Again	Will South Carolina choose Lawrence again? Will The Episcopal Church reject Lawrence again?
5/2/2007	Following the Rules	Letters in The Living Church respond to coverage of Lawrence rejection
5/2/2007	Reading the Signs	Odd signs I’ve encountered lately
5/14/2007	Helping Episcopalians Put in Their Two Cents’ Worth	PEP has issued a worksheet to help Episcopalians respond to the Study Guide to the draft Anglican covenant
5/22/2007	Reflecting on Responding to the Study Guide	Having posted my answers to the questions in the Episcopal Church’s Study Guide to the draft Anglican covenant, I have taken the opportunity to reflect on the process of developing those answers.
5/26/2007	“Troops”	Why do reporters misuse this word?
7/4/2007	Missing Episcopal Words	Some thoughts and information about nomenclature in The Episcopal Church.
7/5/2007	“Why Others Stand as Well”	I recommend an essay to counter the distorted essay of the Rev. Dr. Leslie Fairfield “Why We Stand.”
7/23/2007	Doing Consents Right	The Rev. Dan Martins has reported that the San Joaquin standing committee has questioned the consistency of the Presiding Bishop in handling the consent process for bishops. San Joaquin has a point, though I think it is too early to be talking about Consentgate.
7/24/2007	Doing Consents Right Redux	This a a follow-up post to the one above, based on additional information.
7/28/2007	Aquafina Scandal	Do you know where your bottled water comes from? Do you care?
8/6/2007	And/Or	Can one be both a woman and a child?
9/6/2007	Agreeing to Agree	Analysis of a curious compact from the Diocese of Pittsburgh
9/10/2007	Pittsburgh Mystery	Diocesan Council of the Diocese of Pittsburgh will be discussing changes to its constitution and canons related to the accession clause Tuesday night. There is unusual secrecy surrounding this discussion. Is something dramatic afoot? Or not?
9/11/2007	“... the bishop didn’t say that.”	Did Bishop Duncan say that he was going to try to take his entire diocese out of The Episcopal Church or not? Audio is included.
9/12/2007	Something Dramatic	The Diocesan Council meeting did live up to its billing. The end of the Anglican Communion, The Episcopal Church, or both might be near.
9/13/2007	Controlling the Message	The diocese gets out its message.
9/24/2007	The Church Waits	Thoughts as the House of Bishops considers its response to the Anglican primates
9/28/2007	Bishop Salmon’s Solution	Bishop Salmon thinks the church needs more grace and less law. I disagree.
10/3/2007	One Vestry Takes a Clear Stand	My own parish vestry has written a letter to parishioners in support of The Episcopal Church.
10/31/2007	Congratulations, Bishop Lawrence	Mark Lawrence has finally received consents.
11/13/2007	The Faith Once Delivered	An oft-used phrase could not possible mean what it is supposed to.
11/30/2007	A Pittsburgh Lament	Friend Jane Little muses on the situation in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
12/10/2007	Now what?	What is the church going to do about San Joaquin?
12/12/2007	“Schism”	A limerick about the goings-on in San Joaquin?
12/23/2007	Welcome to my church...	A new Web site displays ads for The Episcopal Church that have been appearing in newspapers in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
1/11/2008	What Didn’t Happen	The Episcopal Church has brought abandonment charges against Bishop John-David Schofield. No charges have been brought against Bishop Robert Duncan or Bishop Jack Iker, however. What’s going on here?
2/9/2008	What to Call Her	What do you call a female gunman?
2/10/2008	The Pittsburgh Laity Speaks	A letter from “Pittsburgh Laity” is less than what it seems.
3/3/2008	Playing by the Rules?	Do Hillary Clinton’s campaign tactics suggest that we would do well to keep her out of the White House?
3/12/2008	Random Linguistic Oddities	Related sentences with different meanings
3/17/2008	Duncan Responds	Bishop Duncan has responded to the charges of abandoning the communion of The Episcopal Church. His response is unconvincing, but what does he have to lose?
3/17/2008	Duncan’s Defense	Analysis of Bishop Duncan’s letter in his defense (see previous item)
3/17/2008	Legal Matters	Analysis of legal matters related to Bishop Duncan’s case
3/19/2008	A Punctuation Oddity	Punctuating a troublesome sentence from Trains Magazine
3/29/2008	Is Obama Applying for the Wrong Job?	Obama should not look to George Bush as his presidential role model.
3/31/2008	A New Service	A new Web site, Pittsburgh Update, will help Pittsburgh Episcopalians keep abreast of developments in the church that could affect them.
4/9/2008	Even I Am Not That Paranoid	The disappearance of a diocesan magazine from the Web seems to have been a simple clerical error.
4/23/2008	Has Anyone Looked at the Numbers?	The percentages being reported for the Pennsylvania presidential primary are not quite right.
5/9/2008	The Ignorant Vote	Clinton touts her advantage with whites who have not graduated from college.
5/14/2008	A Pittsburgh Conversation	A conservative priest opposed to realignment in the Diocese of Pittsburgh speaks at a Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh meeting.
5/19/2008	Realignment Reconsidered	A new document from Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh, “Realignment Reconsidered,” of which I am principal author, is being announced today. It attempts to correct the misinformation being disseminated by the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
6/3/2008	Resigned to Realignment	Episcopalians in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, whether for or against realignment, seem resigned to a coming division of the diocese.
6/16/2008	Which Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh?	The Bishop of Pittsburgh registers a new Pennsylvania corporation.
6/26/2008	Whither Pittsburgh?	What will the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh that is part of The Episcopal Church be like after realignment? Pittsburgh Episcopalians are working on that. I offer an unofficial preview of where the Diocese of Pittsburgh may be going.
7/5/2008	Scary Women	Are men more afraid of crime than women?
7/9/2008	Calvary’s Cavalry Again Rides to the Rescue	Calvary Church has returned to court to ask that a “monitor” be appointed to oversee the assets of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. The court papers also ask that parishes be allowed to pay their assessments into escrow accounts for the time being.
7/15/2008	A Collect for Lambeth	A Douglas LeBlanc essay inspires a collect for the Lambeth Conference that begins in England tomorrow.
7/18/2008	The more things change …	The Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh membership-renewal letter of August 2005 seems very contemporary three years later.
8/2/2008	Realign with Me	A defense of a satirical song
8/6/2008	Lies and Dodges	Bishop Duncan’s lawyers file a response in the Calvary lawsuit.
8/9/2008	Let’s Get It Over With	Why the House of Bishops should depose Bishop Duncan at their September meeting
8/11/2008	Mistaken Primate	Archbishop Rowan Williams seems confused about his role in the Anglican Communion.
8/12/2008	Another Take on Rowan’s Thinking	Savitri Hensman offers another example of the odd moral calculus of Archbishop Rowan Williams.
8/22/2008	Fallback Position	Trinity Cathedral considers a resolution of “generosity”
8/26/2008	Fallback Position Redux	More on the Trinity Cathedral proposal, mostly from a member of the Cathedral Chapter
8/29/2008	Sarah Who?	John McCain surprises everyone
9/1/2008	Good Grief!	It’s bad enough when the Archbishop of Canterbury speaks of the “Anglican Church.” It is more disturbing when Episcopalians do so.
9/3/2008	Across the Aisle Sponsors Unity Event	Episcopalians supporting their church announce an event opposing schism (i.e., “realignment”)
9/4/2008	Designing a Logo	How I came to design an Across the Aisle logo
9/10/2008	Kill that picture!	A new control for a TV remote
9/13/2008	A Hopeful Event	Across the Aisle’s first public event a grand success
9/18/2008	Is The Episcopal Church Hierarchical?	An introduction to a paper by Joan Gundersen responding to a paper by Mark McCall that was published by the Anglican Communion Institute
9/19/2008	Reflections on the Deposition Vote	Some thoughts in light of the decision of the House of Bishops to consent to the deposition of the Bishop of Pittsburgh
9/20/2008	Across the Aisle Web Site	Across the Aisle now has a real Web site (sort of). Find it here.
9/22/2008	On Pride and Priests	An essay by Conroy Guyer makes the moral case against “realignment.”
9/22/2008	Done	Bishop Duncan’s deposition is official.
9/29/2008	Gundersen Offers Pittsburgh Update	Joan Gundersen describes the present situation in the Diocese of Pittsburgh
10/1/2008	Petty	Why does a diocesan convention have to be so inconvenient?
10/4/2008	Realignment Blues	Realignment passes, and the diocese distributes a brochure explaining its version of reality.
10/8/2008	Christian Unity	Reflection on a poem written six years ago
10/11/2008	Recycling Warning	The hidden hazards of recycling
10/12/2008	Grace and Charity in Wonderland	Pittsburgh realigners try to intimidate loyal Episcopal Church parishes
10/16/2008	Stewards, Not Owners	Dean George Werner offers a lesson in stewardship of church property
10/17/2008	Robbery on the Rails	Sic transit gloria transit
10/17/2008	Moving Forward with Grace	A modest report on the first public meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh following “realignment”
10/26/2008	The Ground War	A “realigned” parish launches an attack on my own parish
11/8/2008	The Anglican Neighborhood of Make-Believe	Bishop Duncan’s triumphal return
11/11/2008	Lessons from an Overeager Buyer	How not to purchase tickets on the Web
11/19/2008	You’ve got to be kidding!	Bishop Wantland tries to fly under the radar
11/19/2008	Training at the Donut Shop	Helping to train the new staff for Dunkin’ Donuts
11/25/2008	A Tex Question	Is Bishop Duncan’s “diocese” tax-exempt?
12/8/2008	Those Pesky Silent Ls	Cokie Roberts gets her pronunciation wrong
12/12/2008	Diocese of Pittsburgh Special Convention About to Begin	What I've been doing on the eve of the convention
12/12/2008	So Far, So Good	A report of the beginning of the special convention
12/15/2008	Special Convention	Reflections on special convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
12/22/2008	Change It Now!	It’s time the Anglican Communion Office acknowledged the real Diocese of Pittsburgh (not to mention Fort Worth and Quincy).
12/31/2008	Let It Be	Governor Rod Blagojevich has done everyone a favor by appointing Roland Burris to the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama.
1/2/2009	Modest Success	The major goal of my “Change It Now!” campaign has been achieved
1/8/2009	The Other Shoe Drops	The Diocese of Pittsburgh and Calvary Church positions the court to deliver its property
1/17/2009	Neither in Hand nor in the Bush	Chasing a bird out of the house
1/19/2009	Inauguration Poem	Writing a poem for Barack Obama
1/21/2009	“Hail Barack Obama” in the Post-Gazette	My poem for Obama’s inauguration is printed in the local newspaper
1/26/2009	Habits Are Hard to Break	Working on two computers at once can be frustrating
1/28/2009	Ketchup in the Fridge	Heinz offers a new ketchup bottle
2/10/2009	Acer’s Technical Non-support	How not to do technical support
2/13/2009	Episcopal Church Asks to Join Calvary Lawsuit	The Episcopal Church is finally asking to join with Calvary Church to protect the assets of the Diocese of Pittsburgh
2/15/2009	Further Analysis	Additional analysis of the 2/13/2009 fi on 2/13/2009
2/18/2009	Coming Together	A progress report on the Diocese of Pittsburgh
2/19/2009	Pittsburgh Standing Committee Writes to Diocese	The Diocese of Pittsburgh updates leaders on recent developments regarding property disputes
3/1/2009	Duncan Letter Decoded	My take on Robert Duncan’s latest pastoral letter to his flock
3/9/2009	Another Motion from the Duncan Camp	Analysis of the latest filing by the defendants in the Calvary lawsuit
3/13/2009	Akinola: Anglican Fundamentalist, Fascist, and Theocrat	I’ve had it with Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria. Here’s why.
3/21/2009	Shame on You, David Anderson	The AAC’s David Anderson attacks the innocent
3/27/2009	Oh, That Pittsburgh	The Living Church causes confusion about the Pittsburgh “dioceses”
4/7/2009	The Big Mistake	There is something wrong with the Palm Sunday liturgy. This is an introduction to my essay “The Big Mistake.”
4/9/2009	Write to Me	Although my blog does not support comments, readers are encouraged to write about my posts.
4/10/2009	National Poetry Month 2009	Announcing a new poem
4/11/2009	Scripture for the Ridley Cambridge Draft	The latest draft of a proposed Anglican covenant cites a number of scripture passages. I have prepared a document that contains the text of all those passages.
4/14/2009	Who Represents What	The chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh argues for his participation in the Calvary lawsuit.
4/15/2009	Major Motion Picture	Thinking about a common phrase
4/16/2009	Calvary Lawsuit Heats Up	After a month of inactivity, the court sees a flurry of filings
4/19/2009	A Hearing at Last	Things are looking good for the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh in its dispute with Robert Duncan.
4/26/2009	Praying for Communion	A monthly prayer service is helping to rebuild community in the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
4/26/2009	Catching Up on Calvary Litigation Documents	More court documents from the Calvary Church litigation, but no new news to report.
4/30/2009	Communion Partner Bishop’s Statement	My take on the statement from Communion Partner bishops on Episcopal Church polity
5/2/2009	The Real Case Against Gay Marriage	The real issues are seldom discussed.
5/3/2009	The ACC Begins Its Meeting	What, exactly, will the Anglican Consultative Council decide to do with the Anglican covenant draft?
5/6/2009	Not So Fast	The General Convention should have no response to the draft Anglican covenant.
5/7/2009	Two New Moratoria	As long as the Anglican Communion is waiting for consensus, we should sit on the sidelines until that consensus emerges (or until hell freezes over, whichever comes first).
5/16/2009	Still No Reason for a Covenant	The Rev. Jim Stockton has written a perceptive commentary on the proposed Anglican covenant.
5/17/2009	Cuba and Chrysler	Isn’t it time to drop our trade embargo?
5/17/2009	Streamlining Choir Rehearsals	Reducing the frustrations of choir members
5/20/2009	More Words from Lala Land	Is Robert Duncan in a world of his own? The latest court filing suggests as much.
5/20/2009	Accountability	Isn’t it odd that Robert Duncan, who sees himself as supremely independent, advocates for accountability within the Anglican Communion.
5/27/2009	San Joaquin Clergy Deposed	Bishop Lamb has deposed those priests and deacons who left the Diocese of San Joaquin for the Southern Cone.
5/27/2009	My Day in Court	A first-person report on the May 27 hearing in the Calvary Church litigation
6/7/2009	Episcopal versus Anglican	It’s time to take back the mantle of Anglicanism.
6/8/2009	Saving Anglicanism	My advice to the 76th General Convention is much the same as it was to the the 75th.
6/15/2009	Who Will the General Convention Be Listening To?	Watching Voices of Witness Africa sends a message to the General Convention.
6/17/2009	A Computer Science Perspective on the Stipulation	Computer science suggests two different ways one might interpret the stipulation in the Calvary lawsuit.
6/22/2009	New Via Media USA Web Site	The Via Media USA Web site gets a makeover.
6/22/2009	Quick Takes for 6/24/2009	A few comments on news from the Anglican world
6/30/2009	Kudos for Bonnie	Bonnie Anderson proposes a plan to let the House of Deputies consider strategy before it has to deal with specific legislation.
6/30/2009	Kudos for Bonnie	Bonnie Anderson proposes a plan to let the House of Deputies consider strategy before it has to deal with specific legislation.
7/12/2009	D025	Commentary on a General Convention resolution dealing with B033 of 2006
7/15/2009	Nice try, but	General Convention’s Media Hub is a source of frustration.
7/16/2009	In Support of Judge Sotomayor (maybe)	What the Supreme Court justice nominee should have said
7/18/2009	What D025 Has Done	Analysis of D025 as passed
7/31/2009	Deconstructing Rowan	My take on the recent reflection from the Archbishop of Canterbury
8/6/2009	No Anglican Covenant	It’s time for a campaign to derail the Anglican communion process. The campaign logo is here.
8/20/2009	Catching Up on Things Episcopal	A quick take on what I have and haven’t written lately related to church matters
8/21/2009	Lutherans Vote YES!	The ELCA has voted in principle to allow partnered gay clergy.
8/29/2009	A Tale of Two Parking Lots	How much equipment is needed to control a parking lot?
9/1/2009	Canadian Math	An article in Anglican Journal suggests that Canadian Anglicans may not compute so good.
9/6/2009	Adjectives Ending in ly	Some adjectives look like adverbs.
9/9/2009	Why No Anglican Covenant: Part 1	A first installment on why the Anglican covenant is a bad idea
9/11/2009	The Politics of Ignorance	Republicans had good reason to keep children from hearing a presidential address.
9/14/2009	Illusion and Reality	Media can play tricks on us.
9/18/2009	Goodbye, Mary Travers	A tribute to the “Mary” of Peter, Paul & Mary
9/25/2009	Where Did My Opinion Go?	A public service post: where to find a South Carolina Supreme Court opinion that was initially posted in the wrong place
9/25/2009	Why No Anglican Covenant: Part 2	A second installment about why we do not want an Anglican covenant
9/27/2009	A Perspective on the Pawleys Island Case	Attorney Ken Stiles offers his view of a controversial S.C. Supreme Court case.
10/3/2009	All Things Bright and Beautiful	New verses for a perky hymn.
10/6/2009	Victory!	Judge awards diocesan property to Episcopal Church diocese
10/9/2009	Diocese Clarifies Property Status	Parsing a diocesan statement on the status of property of “realigned” parishes
10/10/2009	What Are the Episcopal Church Canons, Anyway?	Can we trust the Episcopal Church’s canons on the Web?
10/11/2009	Is Pittsburgh Treating ‘Realigned’ Clergy Properly?	Analysis of the Pittsburgh Standing Committee’s offer to clergy who left for the Southern Cone
10/12/2009	Episcopal Church Canons and Overlapping Jurisdictions	An interesting discovery in the Episcopal Church canons
10/13/2009	Once More on Departed Pittsburgh Clergy	Further thoughts on the action of the Standing Committee
10/16/2009	Doing Things Differently in Pittsburgh	Diversity of opinion still exists in the Diocese of Pittsburgh. Perhaps the re-organized diocese is finding more effective ways of dealing with it, however.
10/18/2009	Munday Logic	The logic of Nashotah House’s president is, to say the least, difficult to follow.
10/20/2009	Looking on the Bright Side	The Vatican poaches Anglican faithful, and Rowan celebrates
10/22/2009	Dallas: A Diocese to Watch	A report on the recently completed annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas
11/1/2009	Questions for the Anglican Diocese	Questions about the decision to appeal the ruling in the Calvary lawsuit
11/3/2009	Blog Now Supports Comments	The blog has gotten a makeover and now allows visitors to leave comments.
11/4/2009	Gone But Not Forgotten	Thoughts on the now-departed Pittsburgh clergy
11/6/2009	Alleged Shooter	Journalists are forced to use “alleged” much too often.
11/6/2009	Time for “Hooker Hymn”	My hymn “Authorities” would be a good choice for two Sundays from now.
11/7/2009	Help Wanted	Readers are asked to report errors.
11/8/2009	Reports from the Anglican Diocese	The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh holds its first annual convention.
11/10/2009	The Lists	Who was removed from the ranks of Pittsburgh Episcopal clergy?
11/12/2009	11/12/2009 Updates	More on the problem I found in the text of Canon III.9.11 and on the release on Pittsburgh clergy
11/15/2009	Renewed and Guaranteed	Ford had a better idea.
11/16/2009	Shall the “Orthodox” Anglicans Win?	Harry Emerson Fosdick has a message for Episcopalians.
11/18/2009	Learning from the Roman Catholics	Do we really want Anglicans to make decisions as the Roman Catholics do?
11/24/2009	Enough Already	The Episcopal Church should stop hijacking visitors to its own Web site.
11/25/2009	Seat of Power?	Where is ACNA?
11/26/2009	Happy Thanksgiving	A Thanksgiving poem
11/28/2009	Housecleaning	Cleaning up graphics and thinking about cleaning up links
12/1/2009	The There There	More on the ACNA office
12/5/2009	Joy and Challenge	An episcopal election promises to be a watershed.
12/7/2009	Background Press Briefing Concerning L.A. Episcopal Elections	Clarifying some issues the press is getting wrong
12/11/2009	Leafs	Nissan chooses a different plural
12/13/2009	Archbishop Duncan and Uganda	Will Robert Duncan make a statement opposing the anti-homosexual legislation in Uganda?
12/18/2009	Not Again!	When will the Anglican Communion have a new idea?
12/18/2009	Changes to Section 4 of the Covenant Draft	What, exactly, has been changed in Section 4 of the Anglican covenant draft?
12/19/2009	Electronics	How do you pronounce “electronics”?
12/19/2009	It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas	A poem for the season
12/21/2009	Avatar	A must-see movie
12/21/2009	Screw the GOP	Republicans have lost the right to govern.
12/21/2009	European Bilocation	Can one be stuck on both sides of the English Channel at once?
12/24/2009	Communion Transparency	How do we even know what the rules of the game are?
12/27/2009	Communion Transparency, Take 2	Are secret rules the product of a legal status change of the Anglican Consultative Council?
1/1/2010	Decades	A decade ends (or not).
1/2/2010	Bad Fruit from Bad Seed	An essay on the proposed Anglican covenant by the Rev. Jim Stockton
1/7/2010	Communion Transparency, Take 3	Further clarification of Anglican Consultative Council rules
1/7/2010	Communion Transparency, Take 4	Is there an Anglican Communion Office?
1/14/2010	Section 4 Decoded	Diagrams and remarks on Section 4 of the final text of the proposed Anglican covenant
1/16/2010	Glasspool, Bruce, and Consents	The consent periods for Glasspool and Bruce have begun.
1/23/2010	Eve in a Basket	A picture of my black cat, Eve
1/24/2010	Question for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany	An important question for Christians
1/26/2010	Not Lovin’ It	Reflection on the advertising of McDonald’s
1/29/2010	Judge Orders Asset Transfer?	Judge James has issued an order in the Calvary lawsuit, but I don’t know what it says.
1/29/2010	Defendants Have 20 Days	A public version of Judge James’s order is now available. More to follow.
1/29/2010	More on the Court Order	Details of the court order
2/1/2010	Now What? Part 1	An initial post on fallout from the 1/29/2010 court decision
2/2/2010	Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell	A thought for the day about gay bishops
2/2/2010	The Coming Transition	Blogger is making necessary some technical changes to how this blog is hosted and published.
2/3/2010	Now What? Part 2	More thoughts on where the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh needs to go from here
2/9/2010	Snowstorm	Pittsburgh got hammered and is in for more snow.
2/10/2010	A Shot Across the Bow	A quick analysis of the ACNA resolution passed by the Church of England General Synod
2/12/2010	The Winter Olympics Begin	Let the games begin. Remember Sarah Hughes?
2/13/2010	Declaring Victory and Moving On	ACNA celebrates the action of the General Synod.
2/15/2010	A Celebration of New Ministry	The Rt. Rev. Kenneth Price gets a proper installation as provisional bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
2/17/2010	Ash Wednesday Haiku	Poem for the day
2/18/2010	Should the Government Get Out of the Marriage Business?	Thoughts on gay marriage
2/18/2010	Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence	Language has been manipulated to oppress The Episcopal Church.
2/19/2010	Recycling at Best Buy: Crossed Wires	Best Buy seems to have a management problem.
2/21/2010	Hosting Problems	This blog has been off-line due to hosting problems.
2/22/2010	It’s Been a Long, Long Time	Manipulating the reader’s perception of time
2/23/2010	Back to Normal	Technical problems have been resolved.
2/24/2010	New and Somewhat Worsened	Why can’t the church’s official version of its constitution and canons be more user-friendly?
2/24/2010	Thank You, Visa	Visa is not our friend.
2/25/2010	Calvary Decision Appeal	Defendants appeal at last.
2/27/2010	Help for Chile?	Who will offer aid, and will it be accepted?
2/27/2010	Mainline Status Report on Gay Clergy	The AP reports on where churches stand.
3/2/2010	Anglican Communion Covenant Forum	Church Divinity School of the Pacific presents a forum that provides useful insights into the proposed Anglican covenant.
3/3/2010	Future Thoughts	Mainline churches are not a lost cause.
3/4/2010	Beginning Transition	The migration of the blog to a Blogger server is beginning. While it is in progress, a status report will be posted on my home page.
3/4/2010	Are We Done Yet?	A test post to see if the migration to a Google server was successful
3/5/2010	Blog Printing Problems	A printing problem involving Firefox apparently has nothing to do with the migration to a Google server.
3/5/2010	Problem in Blogroll Listings	The migration may have broking links to this blog in blogrolls.
3/7/2010	Question for the Third Sunday in Lent	A question inspired by today’s Gospel
3/8/2010	Migration Nearly Done	A single outstanding issue remains.
3/9/2010	Reviving Cursillo	Reviving Episcopal Cursillo in the diocese begins
3/12/2010	Reviving Cursillo, Follow-up	Reports from two dioceses
3/17/2010	A Question of Ordination Vows	A response to a comment by the Rev. David Wilson on my previous post
3/20/2010	Well, Duh!	The Diocese of New Westminster sees the obvious.
3/22/2010	Heat and the CPU	There are several causes for an overheated CPU in your computer.
3/29/2010	Cornell Bridges Get Ugly	Preventing suicides leads to ugly results.
3/29/2010	Misguided Editorial	The Living Church gets it all wrong in an editorial
3/30/2010	Two Tiers	Certain aspects of the proposed Anglican covenant are simply stupid.
3/31/2010	National Poetry Month 2010	It’s that time of year again!
4/1/2010	Breakfast at Chick-fil-A	Sometimes you’re surprised by kindness.
4/3/2010	Photo for Easter	Goldfinches at my tube feeder
4/7/2010	Welcome to the Store	The Farrago Gift Shop is now open. Initially, all the items display the No Anglican Covenant logo.
4/9/2010	More Stuff	The Farrago Gift Shop expands.
4/11/2010	Duruflé Requiem	I am one of the singers for an April 17 performance.
4/13/2010	Calvary’s Legal Fees	Where have Calvary’s legal fees come from?
4/14/2010	Still Not Lovin’ It	More strange ad copy from McDonald’s
4/14/2010	New Blog	I’ve created a blog about my parish.
4/16/2010	Some Political Observations	Brief commentaries on current news stories
4/20/2010	New Verses for a Bad Hymn	Some poetry is hard to parody
4/21/2010	Why Bother?	The Archbishop of Canterbury sends a message.
4/23/2010	Listening to the Trumpet	Global South Anglicans sound their horn.
4/24/2010	Neat Bumper Sticker	Seen on the street
4/29/2010	Another Clever Auto Tag	Something else seen on the street
4/30/2010	Countdown	This blog begins a countdown to an important event, the consecration of Mary Glasspool.
5/2/2010	SB 1070	Why aren’t more citizens upset by the new Arizona immigration law?
5/4/2010	Progress in Portugal	Gay marriage may become legal in Portugal.
5/5/2010	Mystery Solved!	I have identified the Armstrong of Armstrong number.
5/6/2010	A Preamble Proposal	A proposed amendment for The Episcopal Church’s suboptimal Preamble
5/10/2010	Reviving an Old Proposal	Should The Episcopal Church take a sabbatical from the Anglican Communion?
5/15/2010	Poem for Mary	Poem in honor of Mary Glasspool’s consecration
5/15/2010	Let the Handwringing Begin!	Anglican Mainstream is early out with criticism of the Glasspool consecration.
5/15/2010	Farrago Problem	I’m working at fixing a problem with Lionel Deimel’s Farrago.
5/17/2010	Making the Headline Perfectly Clear	Do headline writers understand the word “lesbian”?
5/19/2010	Not an Anti-incumbent Thing	There were good reasons to vote against Senator Specter.
5/19/2010	Labels	Do mailing labels have to mar the cover of a magazine?
5/24/2010	‘Lost’ Loses; ‘Babylon 5’ Retains Title	The big finale was unsatisfying.
5/25/2010	Strength for the Journey	The church ministers to one of its wounded dioceses.
5/28/2010	Photos for 5/28/2010	A bit of silliness on a day that Rowan Williams is going to the empty well yet again.
5/30/2010	Okoh: Pull Nigeria Out of U.N.	Nigeria’s primate wants Nigeria out of the U.N. because of the alleged promotion of homosexuality by U.N. bodies.
5/31/2010	English Pronunciation is Often Frustrating	How do you pronounce often?
5/31/2010	Your Blogger’s New Image	A new portrait of the man behind the blog.
6/2/2010	Territorial Integrity	Episcopal border crossings are important.
6/2/2010	Marketing Opportunity?	The Anglican Communion Office now has an on-line store.
6/7/2010	Too Much Power Already	The Archbishop of Canterbury has gone too far this time.
6/8/2010	Milestone in Portugal	Gay marriage is now a reality in Portugal.
6/8/2010	Diocese Distributes Parish Funds	Episcopal diocese releases parish funds to parishes and non-parishes.
6/9/2010	Ecumenical Discussions and the Anglican Communion	Do such discussions even make sense?
6/13/2010	National Symbols	Why is the flag so ubiquitous?
6/17/2010	Advice from Maggie Ross	Advice about getting too close
6/18/2010	Adjectives Becoming Nouns and Other Linguistic Adventures	“Remote” and other shortened forms
6/19/2010	National Symbols (Again)	A proposed replacement for the National Anthem
6/23/2010	Has Rowan Done Us a Favor?	Should we be happy to be out of Communion ecumenical discussions?
6/28/2010	Thought for 6/28/2010	Disputing Anglican’s “essence”
6/28/2010	Barbed Wire and the Anglican Covenant	Katie Sherrod’s vision of the proposed Anglican covenant
7/3/2010	Ignored	Studio 360 shafts its listener-contributors.
7/12/2010	PUR vs. Brita	PUR provides a less frustrating installation experience.
7/15/2010	Anglican Communion Stories	Trinity Wall Street highlights the good work being done in the Anglican Communion.
7/17/2010	Preserving the Elizabethan Compromise	Reflections on a Giles Fraser essay
7/23/2010	RIP, Daniel Schorr	The long-time NPR analyst has died.
7/23/2010	Avoiding the Prickly, Irritating Feeling	All about Dr. Deimel underwear
7/24/2010	Rules? What Rules?	Transparency regarding the governing rules of the Anglican Consultative Council is virtually non-existent.
7/30/2010	A Very un-Anglican Covenant	Modern Church offers a concise argument against an Anglican covenant.
7/30/2010	The Communion and the Archbishop	It is time to remove the Archbishop of Canterbury from the head, spiritual or otherwise, of the Anglican Communion.
8/3/2010	Rule and Ultimate Standard of Faith	Even some of the seemingly innocuous provisions of the proposed Anglican covenant can be dangerous.
8/5/2010	Proposition 8 Overturned	U.S. District Court declares California’s Proposition 8 unconstitutional. The opinion can be read here.
8/6/2010	Pennsylvania Episcopalians to Gather	Members of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania plan to talk in preparation for the not-so-triumphal return of Bishop Charles Bennison.
8/9/2010	Losing the “E”	Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry has dropped “Episcopal” almost everywhere.
8/16/2010	Unhappiness in Pennsylvania	The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania calls for Bishop Bennison’s resignation.
8/24/2010	Big Truck	I saw an amazing truck at an I-79 rest stop.
8/28/2010	Forward Slash	A slash by any other name is still a slash.
9/8/2010	Questions and Slogans	Questions and slogans for The Episcopal Church
9/9/2010	God and the Universe	What is God’s current relationship to the universe?
9/12/2010	Armstrong Numbers	After corresponding with Michael Armstrong, I have added a page about Armstrong numbers on my Web site.
9/15/2010	Blissful Ignorance	Experiences with a “Christian” search engine
9/15/2010	Saltines	We pronounce “saltine” in a way that is not at all obvious.
9/16/2010	The Martyrs of Memphis	Remembering Christians heroes and heroines of not so long ago
9/22/2010	S.C. Via Media Group Calls for Investigation	Episcopal Forum of South Carolina calls for an investigation of its own diocese. Beginning an investigation is the least the church should do.
9/22/2010	High Winds	Mt. Lebanon is hit by heavy rains and high winds.
9/23/2010	After the Storm	Mt. Lebanon was hit pretty hard.
9/23/2010	More on the Goings On in South Carolina	Dr. Joan Gundersen has written a first installment about the resolutions to be considered by the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina.
9/24/2010	Life without Electricity	Enduring a power outage.
9/24/2010	Blog Changes and Features	A guide explaining some of the features of my blog, including some new ones.
9/25/2010	Political Logos	I offer some free logos for the political class.
9/25/2010	Cats and Syringes	A brief plug for “Syringes for My Cat” in Commentary
9/26/2010	Fantastic but Hazardous	Some kitchen cleaning products should be used with special card.
9/28/2010	Episcopal Election Plan Gets Chilly Reception	The plan for electing the next Bishop of Pittsburgh has its problems.
9/30/2010	Standing Committee to Bennison: ‘Consider Spirit of the Law’	The Pennsylvania Standing Committee again writes to Bishop Bennison.
10/1/2010	St. Laika’s	Mad Priest has a new Web site.
10/3/2010	Farm-grown Ingredients	Campbell’s promotes the obvious.
10/5/2010	Additional Thoughts on the Plan to Select the Next Bishop of Pittsburgh	An analysis of the proposed episcopal search process for the Diocese of Pittsburgh, with recommendations for improvements.
10/6/2010	Will We Act with Integrity?	The General Convention should act on what our church actually believes and reject the Anglican covenant.
10/11/2010	Pittsburgh Standing Committee Responds to Concerns	In response to criticism, the Pittsburgh Standing Committee has offered a better plan to find a new bishop.
10/11/2010	Another Revised Convention Resolution	A resolution is revised, though not obviously improved.
10/17/2010	Convention Report	Observations on the just concluded Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh annual convention
11/1/2010	Thought for the Eve of Election Day	An appropriate observation comes from the sixteenth century.
11/3/2010	The Announcement	The new force on the Web today is the No Anglican Covenant Coalition.
11/4/2010	On the Organizational Proclivities of Anarchists	Profound wisdom from NPR.
11/6/2010	Pier	A late-night walk on a fishing pier inspires a new poem.
11/14/2010	A New Blog	The No Anglican Covenant Coalition has created a new blog, “Comprehensive Unity: The Anglican Covenant Blog.”
11/16/2010	Trick Table	Don’t assume that every table has a 90° edge.
11/16/2010	Problems with Netgear DSL Modem/Router/Access Point	Netgear illustrates how to lose a customer.
11/17/2010	If it looks like a duck…	Consider what the Anglican Covenant is, not what its proponents say it is.
11/21/2010	What will the ‘orthodox’ do?	The Anglican Covenant is insufficiently draconian for the ‘orthodox.’ What options do they see?
11/23/2010	First Test for the No Anglican Covenant Coalition	The No Anglican Covenant Coalition sends out a news release as England prepares to vote on the Covenant.
11/24/2010	Sad Day: CofE Synod Approves Anglican Covenant	The Covenant passes easily in the General Synod.
11/25/2010	Happy Thanksgiving 2010	My now traditional Thanksgiving poem
11/28/2010	The Way Forward?	The Anglican Covenant appears to be dead.
12/1/2010	Evaluation of the General Synod Events	I comment on the No Anglican Covenant Coalition’s analysis of the Church of England’s General Synod action on the Anglican Covenant.
12/6/2010	Dark Day for the Republic	Obama has failed the country.
12/7/2010	Two Anglican Thought Experiments	What would we do if we had no bishops or no Anglican Communion?
12/9/2010	A Brief Meditation on ACNA	ACNA is misnamed.
12/14/2010	Musings on Communion Agreements	The communion agreement with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America prompts thoughts about the Anglican Covenant.
12/15/2010	Reasons to Oppose the Covenant	The No Anglican Covenant Coalition has produced a useful list.
12/17/2010	“Vibrant” Communion	A clarification of the No Anglican Covenant Coalition’s characterization of the Anglican Communion.
12/22/2010	It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, 2010	Creating a tradition, I offer a Christmas poem from 2002.
12/26/2010	On Pressing the Apostle Paul	Robert P. Smith provides a helpful perspective on Paul’s view of homosexuality.
12/28/2010	Capitalizing “Catholic”	Why are some instances of “catholic” capitalized in the prayer book and some not?
1/1/2011	Hope for 2011	The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette highlights the need to save WDUQ as a jazz and NPR station.
1/3/2011	Why the Archbishop of Canterbury Hates Us	The Archbishop of Canterbury operates from a defective premise.
1/7/2011	Who Moved My CofE Web Site?	The relaunch of the Church of England’s Web site is not going well.
1/13/2011	Icon	An animation to brighten your day
1/14/2011	Hope Fulfilled?	WDUQ-FM has been sold and will remain a public radio station.
1/23/2011	What to Do with Republicans?	Republican behavior inspires a slogan and logo.
1/23/2011	Transferring Prescriptions	Limiting prescription transfers is solving the wrong problem.
2/1/2011	GAFCON and the Covenant	GAFCON’s rejection of the Anglican Covenant is not an excuse to diminish efforts to derail Covenant progress.
2/1/2011	A Fair Settlement?	The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has struck an agreement with an ACNA parish.
2/2/2011	St. Philip’s Update	St. Philip’s members have agreed to the agreement with the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
2/2/2011	Breaking News: Court Rejects Anglican Appeal	An appeal to the decision to award diocesan property to the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has been rejected.
2/2/2011	Details of Commonwealth Court Ruling	Analysis of the decision rejecting the appeal of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh
2/2/2011	Announcements and Clarifications from the Diocese	The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has sent e-mail announcing and explaining the recent news events.
2/5/2011	Snow?	Odd snow in Pittsburgh
2/5/2011	Why Bother?	Archbishop Duncan has written a pastoral letter, and his diocese has issued a press release. What’s going on?
2/6/2011	Honesty I’d Like to See	Is every actor really amazing?
2/7/2011	A Covenant from New Zealand	A Presbyterian church from Down Under has the right idea.
2/9/2011	After Dublin—Part 1	Independency vs. interdependency
2/11/2011	Freedom!	The Egyptian revolution succeeds.
2/11/2011	After Dublin—Part 2	Interdependency is to be avoided.
2/13/2011	Biblical Insight	Limitations on the utility of the Bible
2/14/2011	More on the Petition for a Rehearing	It is quite unlikely that the plaintiffs in the Calvary lawsuit will be granted a rehearing by Commonwealth Court.
2/22/2011	Big Snow	The view from my kitchen window is lovely after 8 inches of snow in Pittsburgh.
2/24/2011	Unity in Our Time	Rowan Williams as the Anglican Communion’s Neville Chamberlain
2/27/2011	No Anglican Covenant Coalition: Play Fair	The No Anglican Covenant Coalitions chides Covenant advocates for not playing fair.
3/2/2011	Anglican Legal Advice	The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh gives legal advice to its parishes.
3/2/2011	Free Speech	A Supreme Court decision protecting free speech
3/5/2011	The Quotable John Saxbee	Bishop Saxbee’s speech on the Anglican Covenant to the Church of England General Synod last year contained many rhetorical gems.
3/8/2011	Church and State	A British jurist could easily have been addressing Americans on the limits of religious liberty.
3/10/2011	Natural-Cut	Wendy’s new fries are tasty, if badly named.
3/12/2011	Why Is Rowan Such a Disappointment?	My view of why Rowan Williams’ tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury has been a disaster
3/15/2011	Pittsburgh Covenant Debate	A parish holds a debate on the Anglican Covenant
3/16/2011	Out of the Frying Pan	A poem inspired by Japan’s tragedy
3/22/2011	Why the Anglican Covenant Should Be Rejected	Summary of an anti-Covenant talk I presented
3/27/2011	Needed: An Anniversary Prayer	Why is there no annniversary prayer in the prayer book?
3/29/2011	It’s Our Church, Too	Secrecy in the House of Bishops
4/2/2011	What Part of Speech Is That?	Where does Root Sports get its name?
4/2/2011	Short and Sweet	Commonwealth Court says no to Archbishop Duncan.
4/4/2011	Stepping Back and Viewing the Forest	The Presiding Bishop demolishes the argument against female bishops in the Church of England.
4/8/2011	The Covenant and the Archbishop	The Archbishop has too much power, and the Covenant will give him even more.
4/9/2011	A View from Nigeria	The original purpose of the Covenant has been compromised, but the agreement is still dangerous.
4/25/2011	Breakfast of Champions	“Wheaties” seems very old fashioned.
5/1/2011	Bin Laden Dead	An immediate reaction to the dramatic news.
5/6/2011	Ugly	Time publishes a particularly ugly page.
5/14/2011	Socks	An ambitious laundry project.
5/14/2011	Abortion Vulnerability	Should women really be described as “abortion-vulnerable”?
5/15/2011	The Bishop Search Comes to St. Paul’s	The Nomination Committee seeking candidates for the next Bishop of Pittsburgh came to my parish today to sample parishioner views on attributes needed in our next bishop.
5/16/2011	Growth of the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh	Does it make sense to take in parishes far away?
5/27/2011	Getting the National Anthem Right	An inspiring rendition at Wrigley Field
5/31/2011	A Critique of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Anglican Covenant - Part 1	The first three sections of the Anglican Covenant are not innocuous. (First of two parts)
6/1/2011	A Critique of Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the Anglican Covenant - Part 2	The first three sections of the Anglican Covenant are not innocuous. (Second of two parts)
6/5/2011	Covenant Musings	Learning about the Covenant. What should the 2012 General Convention do?
6/7/2011	Barnett-Cowan, Covenant Advocate	Director for Unity, Faith and Order of the Anglican Communion Office wants an Anglican Covenant to establish a worldwide church.
6/7/2011	San Joaquin Authorizes Same-sex Blessings	The title says it all.
6/8/2011	All about Scott Lively	The Public Eye profiles a famous homophobic activist.
6/9/2011	Hope Fulfilled? Maybe Not	Can jazz on the radio be saved in Pittsburgh?
6/14/2011	We?	For whom does Rowan speak?
6/14/2011	Flag Day Thoughts	Flag Day is a good time to reconsider the Pledge of Allegiance.
6/14/2011	Compact Fluorescent Lifetimes	These lamps do not seem to last as long as they are supposed to.
6/17/2011	Repaving of Rockwood Avenue	I begin showing pictures of the repaving being done on my street.
6/17/2011	Canadian Report Proves Text of Covenant Sucks	Canadian report exposes Covenant as incompetently written
6/20/2011	Let the Mystery Be	More Christians should be listening to Iris DeMent.
6/20/2011	Pittsburgh Diocese Unexcited by Covenant	Pittsburgh Episcopalians have discussed the Anglican Covenant but don’t seem too excited about it.
6/21/2011	Release the Report	Executive Council should release the report from the Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons.
6/22/2011	Clatworthy Trashes Covenant Introduction	Someone finally takes on the Introduction to the Anglican Covenant.
6/23/2011	The Anglican Mission in England	The Church of England is about to experience the subversion that beset The Episcopal Church with the help of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
6/25/2011	Report Released	Executive Council releases SCCC report
6/25/2011	Gazpacho	Indulging in a summer treat
6/27/2011	Analysis of the Report from the Standing Commission on Constitution and Canons	My take on the report of SCCC on the consequences of adopting the Anglican Covenant
6/30/2011	Third Congregation Settles with Episcopal Diocese	St. James, Penn Hills, turns over its keys.
6/30/2011	New WDUQ Schedule	A first take on the new schedule for Pittsburgh’s 90.5 FM
7/3/2011	St. James’ Episcopal Church Returns	I attend an Episcopal Church service at St. James’, Penn Hills
7/5/2011	Alvarez Grounded	One bad paragraph from the Post-Gazette
7/5/2011	New Aphorism	I’ve added a new aphorism to my collection.
7/6/2011	No Anglican Covenant Coalition Names Episcopal Patrons	Two retired English bishops take a public stand against the Anglican Covenant.
7/7/2011	The Debt Ceiling Crisis	Opinions from Jim Wallis and me
7/7/2011	Groupthink and Courage	Jim Beyer explains support for the Anglican Covenant.
7/11/2011	Buy Merchandise before Price Increase	Apprel prices are about to increase at the Farrago Gift Shop.
7/12/2011	Clarifying the Rules	For Western churches to adopt the Anglican Covenant simply makes no sense.
7/13/2011	More Aphorisms	Two more aphorisms for my collection
7/14/2011	Gay Rights Worldwide	Professor Jonathan Zimmerman pains a bleak picture.
7/15/2011	Arguments for the Covenant	A contest is on for the best essay favoring the Anglican Covenant.
7/17/2011	Zucchini	Improving my zucchini recipe
7/19/2011	Everything You Need to Know about the Anglican Covenant on One Page	The No Anglican Covenant Coalition publishes a one-page handout to educate people about the Anglican Covenant.
7/24/2011	St. James’ Update	Report on a meeting at St. James’, Penn Hills
7/29/2011	Activism	I participate in a demonstration.
8/1/2011	Thought for August 1, 2011	A bad day for Democrats
8/2/2011	Thought for August 2, 2011	Another aphorism inspired by the debt ceiling resolution
8/3/2011	David Wilson Complains, Warns	David Wilson is disappointed in his former colleagues.
8/3/2011	Thought for August 4, 2011	A possible explanation for today’s stock market decline
8/5/2011	Phrases That Don’t Bear Thinking About	Many English phrases don’t really make a lot of sense.
8/9/2011	Thieving	Thief and steal are curious companions.
8/10/2011	A Wonderful Day at St. James	The bishop’s visit is a triumph.
8/15/2011	Horseshoe Curve	A nice photograph resulted from my trip to the railroad landmark.
8/19/2011	Let’s You and Him Fight	Another (and, I hope, final) response to David Wilson.
8/21/2011	The Logic of the (Self-)Right(eous)	Stephen Noll’s goofy logic.
8/21/2011	A Morning of Worship in Northern Cambria	I report on my visit to St. Thomas Episcopal Church in North Cambria.
8/22/2011	But Is It Oatmeal?	Chick-fil-A oatmeal contains some surprising ingredients.
8/24/2011	The Voice for Global Orthodox Anglicanism Is Nasty and Wrong	David Virtue attacks the negotiating strategy of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
8/26/2011	Diocesan Profile Posted	The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh posted its diocesan profile for its bishop search late yesterday.
8/27/2011	A Closer Look at Pittsburgh’s Diocesan Profile	An obsessive look at the profile from the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
9/1/2011	Worthwhile Pro-Covenant Essays	Announcing a page of links to pro-Covenant essays from The Living Church.
9/2/2011	Our Pittsburgh Diocese	Bruce Robison and I are introducing a new blog for the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
9/2/2011	Oops!	The look of the blog has changed, but not the content. More changes will be coming.
9/2/2011	How Is It Now?	Most of the functionality of the blog has been restored, and some new features have been added.
9/3/2011	Not There Yet!	A problem remains with the list of recent posts, but just about everything else on the blog seems to be working.
9/4/2011	The New Normal	Tweaking the design of this blog is now over for the time being.
9/4/2011	All Saints, Wherever	The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh is about to have another property returned.
9/5/2011	A Labor Day Lament	A poem for Labor Day
9/5/2011	A Labor Day Tale	A dispute at McDonald’s
9/7/2011	I Don’t Know, and I Don’t Want to Know Department	Rick Perry and science
9/7/2011	An Opportunity for Michele Bachmann	How will Michele attack Rick Perry?
9/9/2011	A Labor Day Lament, Version 2	A second try at poetic perfection
9/11/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 1	Beginning a series revisiting things I wrote in response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks
9/12/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 2	Second installment of my 9/11 review
9/13/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 3	Third installment of my 9/11 review
9/14/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 4	Fourth installment of my 9/11 review
9/14/2011	Political Reasoning: Often Not Very Smart	Change may be necessary, but the wrong change can be worse than no change at all.
9/14/2011	Rockwood Avenue Repaved	The project is done. (Well, almost!)
9/15/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 5	Fifth installment of my 9/11 review
9/16/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 6	Sixth installment of my 9/11 review
9/16/2011	WDUQ-FM Becomes WESA-FM	Station adopts call letters of a former FM station
9/17/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 7	Seventh installment of my 9/11 review
9/18/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 8	Eighth installment of my 9/11 review
9/19/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 9	Ninth installment of my 9/11 review
9/19/2011	Trash Disposal	Chick-fil-A’s hole isn’t big enough.
9/20/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 10	Tenth installment of my 9/11 review
9/20/2011	Don’t Know, Don’t Care	Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is dead.
9/21/2011	Looking Back to 9/11, Part 11	Eleventh and final installment of my 9/11 review.
9/21/2011	A Proposed Resolution for General Convention 2012	How should The Episcopal Church respond to the challenge of the Anglican Covenant?
9/22/2011	On Being “Anglican”	“Anglican” does not have a single meaning.
9/23/2011	Episcopal Church Style Guide	Observations on the recent Episcopal Church publication
9/25/2011	Victoria Matthews on the Covenant	Magical thinking about the Covenant from New Zealand
9/28/2011	A Revised Proposal for General Convention 2012	A second try at proposing a resolution to deal with the Anglican Covenant and with the Anglican Communion itself.
9/30/2011	Connecticut Supreme Court Rules against Groton Church	The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the property of Bishop Seabury Church belongs to the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut.
10/2/2011	Object Lesson	Prohibition and the Anglican Covenant have much in common.
10/8/2011	I Told You So	It is no surprise that charges of abandonment have been brought against Bishop Mark Lawrence.
10/18/2011	Pa. High Court Rejects Duncan Appeal	The stipulation stands in the Calvary lawsuit.
10/20/2011	Winemaking at Adams County Winery	My son shows how it’s done.
10/21/2011	Pittsburgh Property Update	Reflecting on a letter from Bishop Price
10/25/2011	Just the Facts	The Wall Street Journal and The Episcopal Church lock horns. Everybody looses.
10/26/2011	P-G: No Supreme Court Appeal	The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the defendants will not appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Calvary litigation.
10/29/2011	Waldo on Lawrence	Bishop W. Andrew Waldo has written something of a defense of Bishop Mark Lawrence. Waldo missed the mark.
10/30/2011	Improving Toilet Paper	Is the standard roll of toilet paper the best product we can come up with?
10/30/2011	Engineer for an Hour	Playing engineer on the East Broad Top
11/7/2011	Convention Report	The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh holds its 146th annual convention.
11/13/2011	A Matter of Mottos	Should “In God we trust” really be our national motto?
11/15/2011	Does Anyone at WESA Know How to Run a Radio Station?	The new radio station idoes not seem to be operated well.
11/19/2011	Farrago Updates	Announcing additions to pages on my Web site.
11/20/2011	A Program for All Pennsylvanians	This American Life looks at gas drilling in Pennsylvania.
11/24/2011	Thanksgiving	A reprint of my poem from 2002
11/30/2011	Cute Corporate Addresses	Companies with custom addresses
11/30/2011	Rowan’s Advent Letter	Canterbury takes another opportunity to hype the Anglican Covenant.
12/1/2011	Whither South Carolina?	What can The Episcopal Church do about the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina?
12/2/2011	Mary Roehrich on South Carolina	A guest commentary on the situation in the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina
12/4/2011	A Hymn for John the Baptist	A hymn from Harold Lewis
12/7/2011	Reciprocity	A new poem
12/12/2011	Semi-boneless	Does it have bones or not?
12/14/2011	Changes Needed in the Constitution and Canons of The Episcopal Church	Ideas resulting from observations of the church for many years
12/15/2011	United States–Iraq War Ends	Questions at the end of an era
12/16/2011	Trinity Cathedral Casts Its Lot with TEC	Pittsburgh’s cathedral returns to being only an Episcopal cathedral.
12/19/2011	Dioceses React to Trinity Cathedral Decision	Episcopal and Anglican dioceses comment on Trinity Cathedral decision
1/2/2012	Running the Government Like a Business	What does the promise to run the government like a business really mean?
1/3/2012	Rick Santorum for President	Go for it, Republicans.
1/7/2012	A Response to the Jeremy Bonner Narrative of the Trinity Cathedral Decision	Correcting some distortions about the decision of Trinity Cathedral to be exclusively Episcopal
1/15/2012	Pittsburgh Episcopal Candidates Announced	Four candidates nominated as the next Bishop of Pittsburgh have been announced.
1/23/2012	Where Oh Where Has My ENS Story Gone?	Frustration with the ENS site design and with communications at the Episcopal Church Center
1/28/2012	A (Very) Close Look at Doll’s Pro-Covenat Essay	A detailed analysis of a pro-Covenant paper recently sent by the Archbishop of Canterbury to Church of England bishops
1/31/2012	Anglican? Mission in the Americas	Thoughts on the AMiA meltdown
2/1/2012	Thinking about Sex outside the Box	A helpful graphic about our gender/sexual identity
2/6/2012	Cat Owners Unite!	Doritos Super Bowl commercial was offensive.
2/6/2012	What About Iran?	We should not let Israel determine U.S. policy.
2/11/2012	Obama and the Contraceptive Mandate	Obama is showing some welcome determination. Let’s see more of it.
2/13/2012	Pearl of Wisdom for 2/13/2012	Paul Krugman explains the Tea Party phenomenon.
2/14/2012	Pittsburghers Nominate Episcopal Candidate by Petition	Unwelcome development in the search for the next Bishop of Pittsburgh
2/17/2012	Unhelpful	Another example of The Episcopal Church’s not getting things right on its Web site
2/18/2012	Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!	More Church of England dioceses reject the Anglican Covenant
2/18/2012	Thought for 2/18/2012—Take 1	Reflection on the conflict between Obama and the Catholic Bishops
2/18/2012	Thought for 2/18/2012—Take 2	Another take on the conflict between Obama and the Catholic Bishops
2/19/2012	Trinity Cathedral Shows Its Colors	Trinity gets new signs
2/20/2012	Additional Thoughts on an Internal Episcopal Candidate for Pittsburgh	Electing a bishop from within a diocese may not be bad in general, but it would be a mistake for Pittsburgh in 2012.
2/21/2012	A New Player in Town	There is now a Web site favoring adoption of the Anglican Communion (other than the Anglican Communion site, of course).
2/23/2012	As Oil Prices Rise …	Obama can’t win.
3/1/2012	Diocese Announces Candidates	The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has announced the full slate of episcopal candidates and released more information about them.
3/1/2012	Time Off for Good Behavior	IASCUFO consultants are rehabilitated.
3/3/2012	Diocesan Leadership Day	Among other things, the diocese considers questions to ask the episcopal candidates.
3/10/2012	What If England Votes Against the Covenant?	What would it mean if Church of England dioceses vote against returning Covenant adoption to the General Synod?
3/13/2012	Candidate Résumés Posted	The Diocese of Pittsburgh has released résumés of episcopal candidates.
3/13/2012	Late Winter Evening on the Deck	Photos from a clear night
3/16/2012	Goodbye, Rowan	Initial thoughts on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s retirement announcement
3/19/2012	Questions for Episcopal Candidates Announced	Some thoughts on questions all candidates to be the next Bishop of Pittsburgh will answer
3/21/2012	Walkabout Reflections	A report from an evening with the Pittsburgh episcopal candidates
3/24/2012	VE Day	Church of England dioceses reject the Anglican Covenant
3/24/2012	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive; Ig-Nore the In-Con-Ve-Ni-Ent	Anglican Communion News Service serves up propaganda
3/26/2012	Peters Township Property to be Returned to Episcopal Diocese	St. David’s to be returned to the Episcopal diocese
3/27/2012	Episcopal Election Procedures for Pittsburgh	Clarification of the rules for the upcoming episcopal election
3/28/2012	Musings on the Candidacy of the Rev. Canon Scott Quinn	Scott Quinn is the wrong person to be our next bishop.
3/31/2012	Missing the Point	The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette neglects to explain to readers just who Bishop Frank Lyons is.
4/1/2012	Whither the Communion?	What is the Anglican Communion really for, and is the Anglican Covenant needed for that?
4/10/2012	A Twitter Poem	A poem in 138 characters
4/11/2012	On Giving Advice about the Next Archbishop of Canterbury	The request for comments on the next Archbishop of Canterbury may not be an altogether good sign.
4/12/2012	More Analysis of the Pittsburgh Episcopal Candidates	A look at some of the more objective measures of the candidates
4/14/2012	An Episcopal Bridge Too Far	Bishop Price signs on to a controversial statement
4/15/2012	A Final Look at Our Episcopal Candidates	A closer look at the candidates
4/20/2012	Advice to the Crown Nominations Commission	What I said about the selection of the next Archbishop of Canterbury
4/20/2012	“Discussing” the Candidates	A not completely successful forum on the candidates to be the eighth Bishop of Pittsburgh
4/22/2012	Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory: How Not to Elect a Bishop	A reflection on the Pittsburgh episcopal election
4/25/2012	Bumper Sticker Riposte	A response to a Roman Catholic bumper sticker
4/27/2012	No Anglican Covenant Coalition Offers Model Covenant Resolution for General Convention	An explanation of the resolution the No Anglican Covenant Coalition would like to see the 2012 General Convention pass
4/30/2012	Does Congress Need a More Anglican Approach?	Anglicanism could be a good guide for Congress
4/30/2012	Let the Confessing Anglicans Confess—Somewhere Else	Communion and the unity of the Anglican Communion
4/30/2012	Making Commenting Easier	Changes to the blog should make leaving comments less burdensome.
5/8/2012	Is It Possible to Reject the Anglican Covenant?	Saying no definitively may not be so easy.
5/13/2012	Three Silly Poems	Some humorous verse
5/15/2012	Changes Coming to Pittsburgh Diocese	News about Calvary and St. David’s
5/15/2012	PEP Meets with Bishop-Elect	Dorsey McConnell attends a meeting of Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh.
5/24/2012	What to Do about Pakistan?	Is it time to change our relationship to Pakistan?
5/24/2012	What’s Wrong with My Oxalis?	Can someone help me get rid of those white spots?
5/27/2012	Pentecost at St. David’s	Report on the first day of St. David’s, Peters Township, as a restored parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
6/5/2012	Thoughts on the Standing Committee Meeting	Perhaps some actions of interest actually did occur at the Standing Committee meeting.
6/7/2012	A Comparison of General Convention Resolutions on the Anglican Covenant	Analysis of the seven resolutions on the Covenant thus far offered for consideration by the General Convention
6/10/2012	Fosdick, Again	It’s time to reread Harry Emerson Fosdick’s “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?”
6/14/2012	Uganda: Another Reason the Anglican Covenant Makes No Sense	Maybe Anglican churches don’t have that much in common.
6/21/2012	June 21, 1788, and the Anglican Covenant	The process for adopting the Anglican Covenant is ill-conceived.
6/22/2012	Help the No Anglican Covenant Coalition Tell Its Message at General Convention	The No Anglican Covenant Coalition needs money to tell its story at General Convention.
6/26/2012	Getting Ready for General Convention	General Convention starts next week.
6/28/2012	Alternatives to “No”	The Anglican Covenant is a pig in a poke. A simple “No” is the right answer.
6/28/2012	A Letter from Pittsburgh’s Bishop-elect	A disappointing missive from Dorsey McConnell.
7/1/2012	Oxalis Healed	My Oxalis problem seems to be solved.
7/3/2012	Off to General Convention	Tomorrow, I go to Indianapolis to attend General Convention.
7/5/2012	New Anglican Covenant Resolution Offered	D046 declares adoption question moot.
7/6/2012	Covenant Resolutions Under Consideration	First report from the legislative subcommittee considering resolutions related to the Anglican Covenant
7/6/2012	Friday AM Report on Covenant Discussion	Second report from the legislative subcommittee considering resolutions related to the Anglican Covenant
7/7/2012	Hearing Report	Report on the public hearing on Anglican Covenant resolutions
7/7/2012	Yet Another Covenant Resolution at General Convention	Resolution C115 seeks more study of the Covenant.
7/8/2012	Subcommittee Meeting This Afternoon	Will the testimony at the open hearing have much influence on the legislative subcommittee?
7/8/2012	Observations and Thoughts about the Legislative Progress of the Anglican Covenant Resolutions	The legislative subcommittee seems determined to duck the Covenant-adoption issue.
7/9/2012	Legislative Committee Finishes Work on Anglican Covenant	The legislative subcommittee reports out a resolution in support of the Anglican Covenant and another declaring that we cannot make a decision about the Anglican Covenant now.
7/9/2012	Revised B005 and D008 Resolutions Available	The resolutions from the subcommittee are now available to be read.
7/18/2012	Are We Preserving or Obscuring General Convention Legislative History?	The General Convention Web site is not all it could be.
7/20/2012	Legislative Action on the Anglican Covenant: Narrative and Analysis	What happened on the floor of the House of Deputies and why.
7/21/2012	Showing the Flag at General Convention	The No Anglican Covenant Coalition display in the General Convention exhibit area
7/24/2012	The Quecreek Mine Disaster	My poem about the Quecreek accident and mine rescue that began 10 years ago
8/1/2012	Uneven Bars	Some history and perspective on the uneven bars
8/1/2012	Sarah Hughes Reprise	The greatest Olympic performance I have ever seen was turned in 10 years ago.
8/2/2012	“Forcasted”	What is the past tense of forecast?
8/3/2012	New Way of Allocating Deputies to be Proposed	The Committee on Constitution and Canons will propose a new way of allocating convention deputies to parishes.
8/3/2012	Chick-fil-A	News and comment from the culture wars
8/5/2012	Reviewing the 77th General Convention	Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s analysis is a bit too rosy.
8/7/2012	Why Don’t Evangelicals Embrace Regulation?	If people are sinful, why not try to ameliorate sin’s evil effects?
8/11/2012	Romney Makes His Choice	Thoughts on Paul Ryan
8/11/2012	Thoughts on Mark Harris’s “Last Thoughts”	A response to Mark Harris’s explanation of how adoption of the Anglican Covenant was dealt with at General Convention
8/12/2012	Bumper Sticker	What a Romney/Ryan bumper sticker ought to be
8/14/2012	You Can Run, but You Can’t Hide	Romney cannot distance himself from the Ryan budget.
8/16/2012	The Party Is Over	Read from Mike Lofgren’s new book on American politics.
8/23/2012	Bumper Sticker Version 2	A bumper stick to promote Romney’s energy plan
8/24/2012	The Library up the Street	A mini library comes to the neighborhood.
9/2/2012	A Preëmptive Political Post	Truths for the 2012 presidential campaign
9/3/2012	A Sill Relevant Labor Day Poem	My 2011 labor day poem is particularly relevant in this election year.
9/7/2012	Words as Weapons	Thoughts about political rhetoric
9/9/2012	St. David’s Community Cookout	A church newly returned to the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh holds a successful event.
9/10/2012	Bird Feeder Claims First Victim	A bird died at my bird feeder.
9/15/2012	If You Just Tuned In	A sentence one hears on the radio all the time is silly.
9/15/2012	God and the Pennsylvania Constitution	The Pennsylvania constitution discriminates against non-Christians.
9/19/2012	Thoughts on the Struggle to Allow Women Bishops in England	It is not at all clear what the effect of General Synod’s approving the women bishops legislation will be.
9/20/2011	Where Have All the Comments Gone?	Why don’t readers leave more comments on this blog?
9/23/2012	Why We Need a Businessman in the White House	Carrying Romney’s statements to their illogical conclusions
9/28/2012	Paying the Water Bill	I stumble across an ongoing denial of service attack.
9/30/2012	Biblical Marriage	“Biblical marriage” is nonsensical.
9/30/2012	Thoughts on Choosing an Archbishop of Canterbury	Rowan Williams handled his job badly. The Church of England should concentrate on its own needs.
10/1/2012	A Tribute to the Prices	Joan Gundersen offers lyrics to a hymn in tribute to Pittsburgh’s retiring provisional bishop and his wife.
10/5/2012	Why Not Practice?	Did the President not thake the first debate seriously enough?
10/7/2012	Is This Apostrophe Really Necessary?	Why is there an apostrophe in the Oakland Athletics’ logo?
10/11/2012	GS 1878	Thoughts on the Church of England’s report to General Synod concerning the referral to the dioceses of the motion to adopt the Anglican Covenant
10/11/2012	A Close Call	My bird feeder almost claims another victim.
10/15/2012	The Shepherd’s Heart Fellowship Agreement	Thoughts on the arrangement between Pittsburgh Episcopalians and “Anglicans.”
10/18/2012	An Election Proposal	Allowing early voting without too many disadvantages
10/23/2012	Support for Democrats: A Clarification	Why I’ll not vote for any Republicans
10/25/2012	Don’t Show Your ID When You Vote in Pennsylvania	Protesting the Pennsylvania voter ID law
11/2/2012	Living in Safety	Bishop Victoria Matthews misses the real problem with the Anglican Covenant.
11/4/2012	Campaign Rallies	What is the point of campaign rallies?
11/4/2012	Mendacious Mitt	Do we want to elect a liar?
11/6/2012	Vote	Today is the day.
11/6/2012	Primer	How do you pronounce primer?
11/8/2012	The Dog That Didn’t Bark	The Anglican Consultative Council takes no action on the Anglican Covenant.
11/9/2012	Two Language Observations	Thoughts about language from the world of politics
11/9/2012	Facing the Republicans	A random encounter with two Republicans
11/11/2012	Hope for the New Archbishop of Canterbury	Justin Welby, the next Archbishop of Canterbury, might just be a welcome change from Rowan Williams.
11/16/2012	Deconstruction?	Does one actually deconstruct a building?
11/17/2012	The Deimel Conjecture	My work with digital invariants leaves a nagging question unanswered.
11/20/2012	Church of England Rejects Women Bishops Legislation	The women bishops measure fails to pass in the General Synod.
11/23/2012	Friendship	A poem about Facebook and friendship
11/26/2012	Further Thoughts on the Church of England’s Failure to Authorize Women Bishops	Analysis of the failure of the women bishops measure in the General Synod
11/29/2012	In (Rare) Praise of Rowan Williams	The Archbishop of Canterbury defends his actions and suggests possibilities for the future of the Anglican Communion.
12/4/2012	“Hawk!” the Herald Angels Sing	A parody of a Christmas hymn
12/7/2012	Blog Updates	Recent blog improvements
12/9/2012	“Jingle Bells” Misunderstood	Who knew that “Jingle Bells” and “Dashing Through the Snow” were the same song?
12/12/2012	TSM and The Episcopal Church	Should Trinity School for Ministry really be considered an Episcopal seminary?
12/14/2012	Right to Work	Michigan screws unions.
12/16/2012	For Gwen	A poem for Gwen Santiago’s ordination
12/19/2012	Whither Sandy Hook Elementary?	What should be done with the school building that was the site of the latest gun massacre?
12/19/2012	Café au Lait	Enjoying New Orleans coffee.
1/3/2013	Patti Page RIP	The world loses a fine singer.
1/12/2013	Air Force Women	Should women in the Air Force really be called female airmen?
1/15/2013	Days for Baptisms	Another reason for restricting the opportunities for performing baptisms.
1/16/2013	On Expanding the First Amendment	Strategy of the religious Right
1/17/2013	A Contribution to the Gun Discussion	Thoughts on the regulation of firearms
1/21/2013	Second Inauguration	A poem for the second inauguration of Barack Obama
1/24/2013	Spiking Down the Pages	A good use for a railroad spike
1/27/2013	Week of Prayer for Christian Diversity	A new Christian celebration
1/30/2013	More on Christian Diversity	Thoughts on and resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Diversity
2/2/2013	Changes to Lionel Deimel’s Farrago	A description of my updated Web site
2/3/2013	God and Gender/Sex	Inclusive language and The Episcopal Church
2/4/2013	Gun Registration	A graphic making fun of the NRA
2/5/2013	Seeing the Future Clearly	Why have the lessons of Pittsburgh not been applied in South Carolina?
2/6/2013	Unity vs. Justice	Will the Church of England do the right thing respecting women bishops?
2/6/2013	?	An old, unfinished poem
2/7/2013	Calvary Wonderland	Another old poem; this one a musical parody for a cold snap at a summer camp
2/8/2013	Resolution 1 Again	Another look at a critical resolution in the history of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
2/10/2013	Does Barnes & Noble Have Its Nook Support Together?	A sad tale of poor tech support
2/12/2013	Good for Benedict!	Pope Benedict XVI is right to retire.
2/15/2013	The Peaceable Kingdom	Peace and vegetarianism
2/17/2013	Persons of the Trinity	“Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier” goes back a long way.
2/20/2013	Understanding the Links	An explanation of the material in the right column of the blog
2/24/2013	A Challenge to Organist/Composers	A suggestion for a suite of brief organ meditations
2/25/2013	“Episcopal” vs. “Episcopalian”	How are these words properly used?
2/27/2013	Another Shrinking Container	The Heinz 40-ounce ketchup bottle has been transformed in to a 38-ounce ketchup bottle.
3/5/2013	The Episcopal Diocese Strikes Back	Bishop vonRosenberg has sued Mark Lawrence in federal court.
3/13/2013	A Disappointing Message	The message resulting from the retreat of Episcopal bishops in underwhelming.
3/14/2013	Thoughts on the New Pope	The choice of Pope Francis is a mixed blessing.
3/17/2013	Not Ready for Prime Time?	Justin Welby gives a bad interview.
3/23/2013	A Day of Dialogue	Report on my participation in the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s sexuality dialogue.
3/29/2013	A PEP Address and Readings on Homosexuality	The April 29 PEP meeting will feature a talk on homosexuality. Some background reading is suggested.
3/30/2013	South Carolina Update	Episcopalians have filed responses and counterclaims to the Lawrence lawsuit in state court.
4/2/2013	Whither the Sexuality Dialogue?	People are beginning to worry about the diocese’s sexuality dialogue.
4/4/2013	Googling	Maybe a new word isn’t so new.
4/5/2013	Rules Have Reasons	Beginning a sentence with a number can lead to misreading.
4/5/2013	Was León’s Sermon Inappropriate?	Did a sermon heard by President Obama attack the religious right?
4/12/2013	Remembering the Bad Ol’ Days	An old essay from Harold Lewis suggests how the diocese was run under deposed bishop Robert Duncan.
4/14/2013	Democracy in the Diocese of Pittsburgh	More about what happened in the diocese in 2004. The church should take a lesson from the Pittsburgh experience.
4/21/2013	The Ground Game	Are Mark Lawrence and his allies better at public relations than are Episcopalians?
4/21/2013	Scots Engage Marriage Questions Seriously	The Scottish Episcopal Church issues an excellent essay on marriage.
4/23/2013	Time to Sign Up	Pittsburgh Episcopalians can now sign up to be part of the sexuality dialogue.
4/28/2013	Click to Help Repair Washington National Cathedral	On-line voting can help repair Washington National Cathedral.
5/1/2013	A Teenager’s Sermon	My youthful sermon.
5/1/2013	Wash Prom	A photo from college days at the University of Chicago.
5/13/2013	The United States of Conspiracy	Crazy things some Americans believe
5/17/2013	Jabberwocky	Enjoy a choral rendition of the famous Lewis Carroll poem.
5/24/2013	A Letter to the Editor about Pope Girl	I weigh in on a free speech controversy.
5/26/2013	Trinity Sunday Comma Problem	For lack of commas, the collect for Trinity Sunday is subject to misreading.
5/26/2013	More Thoughts on the Collect for Trinity Sunday	More problems with the Trinity Sunday collect
5/27/2013	Sport Participants	What people are called who play a given sport
6/1/2013	Calvary Church Releases Parish Profile	An important Pittsburgh church is seeking a new rector.
6/1/2013	A St. Andrew’s Singalong	Singers try out new acoustics at St. Andrew’s, Highland Park.
6/6/2013	Let’s Get Real about Same-sex Marriage	Why the religious arguments against same-sex marriage are not very convincing.
6/10/2013	Pope Girl Update	A sad free-speech incident comes to an end.
6/15/2013	An Opportunity for the USPS	The Postal Service could profitably emphasize the privacy of first class mail in light of government monitoring of other communication channels.
6/15/2013	A New Web Site for the Anglican Communion	The new Web site of Anglican Communion News Service is a welcome addition to the Anglican region of the World Wide Web.
6/18/2013	State of the Diocese of Pittsburgh	Report on a Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh panel discussion
6/18/2013	Duncan on the State of ACNA	Thoughts about Archbishop Duncan’s state of the church address to ACNA
6/19/2013	Cathy Brall to Leave Trinity Cathedral	Cathy becomes Canon Missioner for the diocese on July 1.
6/22/2013	Back Together	Lyrics for a song I composed for a songwriting course
6/23/2013	Hockenberry Leaves Diocese	The Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has lost its treasurer.
6/26/2013	On Today’s Supreme Court Decisions	A first response to the DOMA and Prop 8 opinions
6/26/2013	Catholic Bishops Offer Their Wisdom	The Catholic bishops and their take on the DOMA and Prop 8 opinions
6/28/2013	More on the (Partial) Demise of DOMA	Thoughts on the campaign for marriage equality and on the media coverage of it
6/28/2013	The Wisdom of Robert Duncan	Analysis of Archbishop Duncan’s statement on DOMA
7/2/2013	Trouble in the Anglican World: A Pittsburgh Perspective	A view from Pittsburgh in February 2004.
7/4/2013	Independence Day Stuff	About “The Star-Spangled Banner” and other matters
7/10/2013	Who Can Be President of the Pittsburgh Standing Committee?	A layperson should be able to become president of the Pittsburgh Standing Committee.
7/14/2013	Jesus (or Luke) Got It Wrong	The parable of the good Samaritan is more complicated than you think.
7/14/2013	Revised Pittsburgh Proposals	Proposals for changes to the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s constitution and canons
7/19/2013	The Rolling Stone Uproar	The reaction to the cover photo of the August 1 issue of Rolling Stone is overblown.
7/24/2013	Bishop Nazir-Ali Gets It All Wrong	I disagree with Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali about Mark Lawrence and GAFCON (among other things).
7/28/2013	Terms of Use	Netflix wants me to review its Terms of Use, a very big task.
7/30/2013	An Anglican Milestone	The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh is approaching only its fifth anniversary.
7/30/2013	Why Hasn’t Abortion Become More Acceptable?	Will we need Abortion Pride parades for abortion to become more widely accepted?
7/30/2013	Slash and Backslash	A slash is only a slash.
8/6/2013	A View of the Sexuality Dialogue	Jason Togyer offers his take on the Diocese of Pittsburgh sexuality dialogue.
8/14/2013	Keuka Spring Vineyards 2012 Riesling Wins Governor’s Cup	My winemaker son’s wine is declared the best wine in New York state.
8/23/2013	St. Paul’s to Be Movie Location	The Fault in Our Stars will be shot, in part, at my church.
8/25/2013	One-Nothing	The use of “nothing” in baseball scores is odd.
9/3/2013	Turbine	A poem inspired by wind turbines.
9/11/2013	Remembering 9/11	My poem about what it must have been like to be in the World Trade Center towers 12 years ago
9/28/2013	Preëmptive Resolution Presented to Board of Old St. Luke’s	A proposal was put before the board of Old St. Luke’s that would have prohibited same-sex ceremonies in the church.
10/2/2013	The Missionary Society	What is “The Missionary Society” initiative of The Episcopal Church all about?
10/8/2013	A Final (?) Hymn Revision	Another revision of “Heavens and Earth, All of Creation”
10/9/2013	Government by Morons	A graphic commentary on a dysfunctional Congress
10/10/2013	Convention Journals	Properation for this year’s diocesan convention seems especially disorganized.
10/15/2013	Kicking the Can down the Road	The bishop delays his sexuality decisions yet again.
10/16/2013	Having It Both Ways	Whis Hays tries to live in two incompatible churches.
10/21/2013	Convention Questions	Questions from Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh
10/24/2013	In Need of a Ministry of Presence	Is the new Bishop of Pittsburgh gone too often?
10/24/2013	A New Hymn: Holy Eucharist	My latest hymn
10/26/2013	GAFCON Declares War on the Anglican Communion	GAFCON II concludes with a communiqué and commitment.
10/28/2013	Gene Robinson to Visit Pittsburgh	Gene Robinson will visit a Presbyterian church, but not an Episcopal one.
10/29/2013	Having It Both Ways, Take 2	Paul Johnston also has his feet in two churches.
10/29/2013	Pray-ers	Dealing with the possible ambiguity of “prayers”
11/3/2013	Whis Hays Update	Whis Hays did not stand for election in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh after all.
11/8/2013	Observations on the Diocesan Convention (Part 1)	Reflections on the mechanics of the 2013 annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
11/8/2013	Observations on the Diocesan Convention (Part 2)	Reflections on the remarks of Anne Rudig.
11/8/2013	Observations on the Diocesan Convention (Part 3)	Analysis of the bishop’s address
11/9/2013	Observations on the Diocesan Convention (Part 4)	Thoughts about the canonical change process
11/13/2013	Leaving Comments	Advice for those having trouble leaving comments on the blog
11/18/2013	The Clock Is Ticking	Will Bishop McConnell finally announce his decisions regarding same-sex blessings and ordination of persons in committed same-sex partnerships this week?
11/19/2013	Sheet Music Available for “Heavens and Earth, All of Creation”	My text for “Earth and All Stars” is now easier for congregations to use.
11/22/2013	Still Ticking	The diocese is still awaiting word from Bishop McConnell.
11/22/2013	Realign with Me	A look back at a song parody.
11/26/2013	Three Cheers for Bishop McConnell	Bishop McConnell’s pastoral letter was worth waiting for.
11/27/2013	Wallet Woes	A cautionary tale involving a wallet and an MRI machine
11/27/2013	Thoughts on the Duncan Statement	A critique of Bob Duncan’s remarks on Bishop McConnell’s pastoral letter
11/28/2013	Thanksgiving	My traditional Thanksgiving poem
12/1/2013	Where Were You?	I’ve revised one of my songs.
12/4/2013	Tunnel vs. Tunnels	Why is “Liberty Tunnels” plural?
12/5/2013	Duncan Speaks Again	This time, Bob Duncan is criticizing a Church of England report.
12/7/2013	More Mispronunciations	Problems in The Sound of Music
12/8/2013	St. David’s Update	St. David’s, Peters Township, is doing well.
12/12/2013	Back Together	Announcing the latest song on my Web site
12/16/2013	Lessons and Carols at St. Andrew’s	Delights and frustrations of a reader
12/23/2013	It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, 2013	My annual Christmas poem
12/24/2013	A Bizarre Parkway Experience	A motoring experience for which I have no explanation
12/31/2013	Merry Christmas?	People can’t believe it’s still Christmas.
1/8/2014	Grumpy Tuesday	About the Diocese of Pittsburgh Web site, mostly
1/9/2014	Making Friends with the New Kitties	Progress report on my relationship with Charlie and Linus.
1/10/2014	A Thought about the George Washington Bridge Scandal	We can only hope that Chris Christie’s presidential prospects are in the toilet, where they belong.
1/29/2014	PEP Writes to the Archbishop	Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh has written a strong letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
2/6/2014	Three Messages about Anti-gay Legislation	Anglican leaders make statements that are poles apart.
2/19/2014	PEP Meeting Focuses on Leadership Formation	Information about February 24 meeting of Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh
2/19/2014	A Few Problems with the Pastoral Guidance from Church of England Bishops	Worrisome features of the pastoral guidance regarding same-sex marriage
2/23/2014	Premiere of “Holy Eucharist”	Recording of the first performance of my new hymn
2/26/2014	Some Initial Thoughts on the TREC Study Paper on Governance and Administration	My reaction to recommendations related to the General Convention
3/1/2014	Cardinals	I recorded two cardinals apparently calling to one another.
3/6/2014	Is the Primate of the Church of Uganda Threatening the Church of England?	Archbishop Stanley Ntagali seems to be threatening to distance the Church of Uganda from the Church of England.
3/8/2014	History by the Side of the Road	Can we better communicate the information on historical markers?
3/15/2014	A Tale of Two Litigants	The Virginia diocese and The Falls Church Anglican offer different messenges in response to the recent Supreme Court decision in favor of the diocese.
3/17/2014	Line Breaks in the BCP’s Rendering of the Nicene Creed	Are we reading the creed correctly from the prayer book?
3/24/2014	Evaluating the TREC Study Paper on Networks	A critical look at TREC’s study paper on Episcopal networks.
3/30/2014	Gator	A lifelike sculpture at Allegheny College
3/31/2014	An Interesting Argument against Creationism	Neil deGrasse Tyson makes a gentle attack on creationism in episode 4 of Cosmos
4/4/2014	National Poetry Month 2014	The National Poetry Month poster for 2014 and an invitation to read my poems
4/6/2014	Whither Welby?	The Archbishop of Canterbury appears on a radio call-in program.
4/12/2014	The Most Popular Post	My most seemingly popular post deserves more attention.
4/14/2014	Reform	Not all change is reform.
4/28/2014	Undocumented	“Undocumented immigrant” does not seem quite right.
5/2/2014	African-American	“African-American” is not a good synonym for “black.”
5/4/2014	A Challenge to Justin Welby	Can the Archbishop of Canterbury back up his claims?
5/13/2014	ERD Network Meeting	Report on the Atlanta meeting for representatives of Episcopal Relief and Development
6/4/2014	The Episcopal Church Center as a Symbol of Episcopal Unity	815 Second Avenue doesn’t quite cut it.
6/7/2014	The Fault in Our Stars	Movie criticism, though not exactly a review
6/14/2014	Baseball Conventional Wisdom Is Sometimes Stupid	Sometimes, the starting pitcher should finish the game.
6/14/2014	Bishop McConnell to Speak at PEP Meeting	The Bishop of Pittsburgh will speak on the state of the diocese at the June 16 meeting of Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh.
6/17/2014	Bishop Answers Questions, Explains Same-Sex Marriage Delay	Report on the June 16 PEP meeting.
6/21/2014	Staging the Easter Vigil	Notes on creating a dramatic Easter Vigil service
7/1/2014	Correcting the Record	NPR needs to learn that religion is not all conservative Christian religion.
7/1/2014	Some Thoughts in Light of the Hobby Lobby Opinion	Thoughts on a bad Supreme Court decision
7/3/2014	Nuance Screws Up Big Time	Nuance Power PDF Advanced seems not quite ready for prime time.
7/4/2014	Pittsburgh Bishop OKs Priests Officiating at Same-Sex Marriages	Same-sex marriage comes to the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh.
7/7/2014	Quinn Out as Canon, In as Interim Cathedral Dean	Scott Quinn gets a new job.
7/13/2014	The South Carolina Amnesia	Witnesses in the ongoing trial in South Carolina are exhibiting amnesia and paranoia.
7/14/2014	Nuance Power PDF Advanced Bug Fixed	Nuance apparently has fix the watermark bug I reported earlier.
7/18/2014	Terrorism	We need to stop throwing around the word “terrorism.
7/19/2014	Visitors	Where do blog visitors come from?
7/28/2014	Ontario Wine Country	A report of my visit to Ontario, Canada, to sample the wine there.
8/1/2014	Fish Friday	A good meal, but seemingly cheated by Walmart
8/3/2014	The Rest of the Story	An imagined ending of the story of the feeding of the five thousand
8/6/2014	Ritz on the Fritz	I have a problem with crumbling Ritz crackers.
8/7/2014	Hard Shell Baptists	I didn’t know that “Hard Shell Baptist” was other than a term of derision.
8/13/2014	Does Facebook Drive You Crazy?	Why is Facebook so inconsistent in how it handles posts?
8/22/2014	Home at the DFMS	The page at http://dfms.org is dumb.
8/22/2014	Words We Need (Maybe)	We need words to distinguish audio recording from video recording that don’t refer to a particular technology.
8/27/2014	Flags in the Church	Should the American flag be displayed in Episcopal churches?
8/28/2014	Would Less Representation Be More Representative?	Do we need bigger districts?
9/1/2014	Continuing a Labor Day Tradition	My 2011 Labor Day poem, with commentary
9/1/2014	Thoughts on the Future of Israel	Can there ever be a two-state solution?
9/4/2014	Random Language Notes	Thoughts about various words
9/4/2014	A Thought about Corporate Taxation	There can be more than one kind of incentive.
9/7/2014	How Do I Hate the TREC Letter? Let Me Count the Ways.	A modest commentary on TREC’s “Letter to the Church”
9/26/2014	Hymns	A listing of my hymns and some suggestions for their use
10/1/2014	The GTS 8 and the Michaelmas Massacre	Information about and thoughts on what is happening at the General Theological Seminary
10/2/2014	Thoughts on the TREC Churchwide Meeting	My reaction to the churchwide meeting run by the Task Force for Reimagining the Episcopal Church
10/6/2014	Prayer for GTS	A pray appropriate for the problems of the General Theological Seminary
10/10/2014	Curve-stitch Cover Art	A design of mine on an Australian mathematical journal
10/10/2014	Voter ID Laws	Voter ID laws are not designed to preserve the integrity of our elections.
10/11/2014	A Network Proposal (Is This What TREC Has in Mind?)	Could a special kind of network help parishes do mission better?
10/11/2014	Freedom of Speech at Yale and the Jewish State	Thoughts about an interview with the Rev. Bruce Shipman
10/13/2014	A Political Ad That Tells It as It Is	A hard-hitting anti-Republican ad from the Agenda Project
10/15/2014	Letter to GTS Board of Trustees	A letter seeking reconciliation in tomorrow’s meeting between board members and the GTS 8
10/18/2014	Completing the Michaelmas Massacre	A response to the unconscionable actions of the GTS Board of Trustees
10/27/2014	PEP to Screen Inequality for All	Pregressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh to host a free screening of Inequality for All on November 14
11/5/2014	Thoughts on the 2014 Elections	Yesterday was a bad day for Democrats (and the country).
11/5/2014	Bill Maher Had It Right	Democrats blew it by agreeing with the Republicans.
11/12/2014	Diocesan Convention 2014: An Outsider’s View	Beth Stifel reflects on her experience at Pittsburgh’s diocesan convention.
11/26/2014	A Concise Summary of the GTS Debacle	Kim Bobo summarizes events at GTS.
11/27/2014	Thanksgiving	My annual offering of my poem “Thanksgiving.”
12/4/2014	Probing the Mysteries of Episcopal Café	What I have discovered about the new Episcopal Café
12/6/2014	More Episcopal Café Mysteries	More on Episcopal Café
12/8/2014	Curve-stitch Experiment	A new curve-stitch design
12/13/2014	Curve-stitch Experiment 2	A variation on the curve-stitch design posted a few days ago
12/18/2014	Episcopal Café Performance Improves	The biggest problem with Episcopal Café seems to have been fixed.
12/22/2014	How Should We Refer to God?	Problems with gender-neutral language
1/9/2015	Je Suis Charlie	Standing in solidarity with the Martyrs of Charlie Hebdo
1/12/2015	Manhunt?	Can a search for a woman be a manhunt?
1/12/2015	The Missionary Society (Again)	“Report to the Church 2015” is disturbing in unintended ways.
1/20/2015	Countering the State of the Union Address	Why do Republicans get free air time to attack the President?
1/23/2015	Some Thoughts on Cuba	Given the new thaw in diplomatic relations, how should the U.S. deal with Cuba?
1/25/2015	The Anglican Covenant, Yet Again	Under the Anglican Covenant, the Church of England would be in hot water.
1/27/2015	Ultracrepidarian	In praise of a useful, though obscure word
1/28/2015	How Does the Anglican Communion Office Count?	Anglican Communion News Service claims that 12 churches have adopted the Anglican Covenant. It appears that 11, at most, have done so, however.
2/14/2015	Absalom Jones	Someone should make an opera about Absalom Jones.
2/16/2015	Islamic State	IS continues to make enemies. What should we do about it?
2/19/2015	A Long-forgotten Curve-stitch Design	An unusual curve-stitch design I produced years ago
2/24/2015	The Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh Celebrates 150 Years	Is a diocese created in 2008 really 150 years old?
3/10/2015	A New Poem	An introduction to “Metro-North Accident, Valhalla, New York, February 3, 2015.”
3/17/2015	Some Surname Stories	Spelling and pronunciation of last names can be problematic.
4/1/2015	Republican Quotes from the Democrats	Quotations from a Democratic fund-raising mailing
4/2/2015	Pittsburgh Episcopal Church to Harbor Breakaway Presbyterian Congregation	St. David’s, Peters Township, will host Perters Creek Evangelical Presbyterian Church services after the latter church lost control of its property.
4/4/2015	The Best Easter Sermon Ever	In celebration of Easter 2015, I have reproduced St. John Chrysostom’s Easter sermon on my blog.
4/7/2015	A Proposal to Improve Oil Train Safety	A suggestion for making oil train derailments less dangerous
4/11/2015	An Easter Vigil Not to Boycott	A reply to Crusty Old Dean’s criticism of the Easter Vigil
4/13/2015	Irritating Closed Compounds	Some words just shouldn’t be combined into a single word.
4/14/2015	Blog Post One Thousand	Reflecting on 1000 blog posts
4/18/2015	A Packaging Suggestion	Cereal packaging needs to change.
4/20/2015	Analyzing the TREC Report, Part 1	A first essay on the TREC final report
4/22/2015	Analyzing the TREC Report, Part 2	My second essay on the TREC final report
4/23/2015	Analyzing the TREC Report, Part 3	My third essay on the TREC final report
4/24/2015	Don’t Take General Convention Reports at Face Value	The report from the GTS Board of Trustees is from an alternate reality.
4/24/2015	End of the Line for the Covenant at the General Convention	The proposed resolution on the Anglican Covenant should put the Covenant behind us.
4/27/2015	St. Paul’s to Allow Same-Sex Blessings	My own church will allow same-sex blessings.
4/28/2015	In or Out?	It’s time to remove bishops from The Episcopal Church who are not really Episcopal Church bishops.
4/29/2015	Transformed Icon	My phone has lost its phone icon.
5/1/2015	Downy Woodpecker	An occasional visitor to my suet feeder
5/7/2015	Supermarket Irritations, Part 1	Supermarket pricing can be irritating.
5/8/2015	Supermarket Irritations, Part 2	Supermarket signs can be irritating.
5/8/2015	Defending against Squirrels	Keeping the suet feeder on the tree
5/11/2015	Squirrels 2, Human 0	The squirrels are winning
5/13/2015	Analyzing the TREC Report, Part 4	My fourth essay on the TREC final report
5/14/2015	Insurances	A plural that seems completely unnecessary
5/14/2015	Further Thoughts on the Anglican Covenant and the General Convention	How and why proposed Resolution A040 should be amended
5/15/2015	Another View of Reimagining the Church	A civic-minded group offers a different view of reimagining The Episcopal Church.
5/18/2015	In Praise of Provinces	I don’t think that General Convention should eliminate provinces.
5/20/2015	On Electing Bishops	How much do we really need to study bishops and how we select them?
5/21/2015	More on the Anglican Covenant Resolution	One more reason to amend Resolution A040 on the Anglican Covenant.
5/23/2015	Nutmeg	A packaging problem that wasn’t
5/23/2015	Analyzing the TREC Report, Part 5	My fifth essay on the TREC report
5/252015	Analyzing the TREC Report, Part 6	My sixth essay on the TREC report
5/252015	Index to Posts about the TREC Report	Links to my six essays on the TREC report.
5/272015	Thoughts on the Episcopal Resurrection Resolutions	An analysis of all the resolutions from Episcopal Resurrection
5/31/2015	Discouraging Sign	Another illiterate sign
6/2/2015	Word Order Matters	An illustration from NPR
6/2/2015	Suet Feeder Update	Another try to protect the suet for the birds
6/3/2015	Memorials and the Name of the Church	We need to stop talking about the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society; we’re just confusing Episcopalians.
6/5/2015	Provinces, Again	A General Convention resolution would articulate the role of provinces.
6/9/2015	An Inspiring Sermon	Video of a sermon by Bishop Michael Curry from the 77th General Convention.
6/9/2015	Another Bad Sign	The local supermarket again shows that its employees are not too swift.
6/13/2015	Time for a Definitive Response to the Anglican Covenant (Short Version)	A new resolution has been introduced that would have the General Convention reject the Anglican Covenant. The post links to a longer essay on the subject.
6/14/2015	Somebody’s Got the Presiding Bishop’s Job Right	A new General Convention resolution (D020) seems to get the office of Presiding Bishop right.
6/19/2015	Enhanced Responsibility	Anglican primates and the Anglican Covenant
6/24/2015	Links to General Convention Information	Links to help readers follow the 78th General Convention
6/25/2015	Thoughts on Marriage and the General Convention	Defending the marriage task force
6/26/2015	It’s Not Over	Despite the Supreme Court decision on marriage equality, many on the right are not going to give up.
7/3/2015	Covenant? What Covenant?	The General Convention once again addresses the Anglican Covenant (or not).
7/4/2015	A Triumph of Clericalism	Bishops see their powerer as threatened.
8/6/2015	Wine Rack	Searching for a wine rack
8/12/2015	Wine Rack Obtained	My new wine rack is just what I wanted.
8/17/2015	A Quecreek Excursion	Pictures from the Quecreek Mine rescue site
8/27/2015	Customer Service from Acronis	When I had a computer problem, Acronis was no help.
9/6/2015	Why Is Seltzer “Original”?	Why do so many seltzers have “original” on their labels.
9/12/2015	Ben Carson, Humanitarian	Not
9/13/2015	What Might Resolution A054 Mean in Practice?	How can conservative bishops opposed to same-sex marriage comply with General Convention Resolution A054?
9/17/2015	Anglican Communion II?	The Archbishop of Canterbury calls a meeting to reconsider the nature of the Communion.
9/18/2015	Justin Welby on the Hot Seat	GAFCON has placed the Archbishop of Canterbury in a difficult position.
9/24/2015	What Can VW Do?	How can Volkswagen fix its diesel automobile problem?
9/25/2015	Some Base Running Advice	Base running in the big leagues could improve.
9/25/2015	America and Americans	If not Americans, what are we?
9/27/2015	What Are the Representatives That Gave Boehner Grief?	What shall we call the people in the House of Representatives who are so happy to be rid of John Boehner?
9/28/2015	Parallel Anglican Universes?	Not everyone seems to have the same idea about what the Archbishop of Canterbury is up to.
10/9/2015	Why I Don’t Think Much Will Come of the Roman Catholic Family Synod	A worldwide church with uniform doctrine is virtually impossible to achieve.
10/29/2015	Suggestions for Presidential Debates	Better rules for presidential debates
11/4/2015	Inclusiveness Does Not Trump Truth	Why did Michael Curry have to misquote Julia Ward Howe
11/6/2015	Maybe MSNBC Got It Right	MSNBC did a good job of interviewing Democratic presidential candidates.
11/8/2015	The “Perfect” Gin and Tonic	Ginger beer is fine, but it isn’t tonic.
11/21/2015	In Praise of Steam Locomotives	Musings inspired by a locomotive photograph
11/22/2015	FanDuel and DraftKings	Do these sites support gambling?
11/29/2015	“Suspected”? Really?	Being a suspect and being suspected are not the same thing.
12/1/2015	How Important Is the Diocese?	Are parishes or dioceses the fundamental units of the Church?
12/2/2015	A Letter to Michael Curry	I have written out of concern about the January 2016 meeting of the Anglican primates.
12/4/2015	George Bush Didn’t Keep Us Safe	Video evidence, as if that is needed
1/8/2016	Donald Trump Is Mean	Trump treats a demonstrator disgracefully.
1/10/2016	Showdown at Theological Gap	Thoughts before the primates meet
1/11/2016	Complaint to the BBC	The BBC should not use “Anglican Church” to mean “Anglican Communion.”
1/14/2016	Abuse of Anglican Power: Where Do We Go from Here?	A response to the action of the Anglican Primates
1/16/2016	The Rev. Diane Shepard on the Action of the Anglican Primates	A response to the action of the Anglican Primates by a Pittsburgh priest
1/24/2016	BBC: We Admit We’re Wrong, but So Are Others, So It’s OK	The BBC blows off my complaint
1/25/2016	Additional Thoughts on the Meeting of the Primates	The meeting was even less fair than the procedures of the Anglican Covenant.
1/26/2016	LGBT, Etc.	What should we call gays, lesbians, etc.?
2/1/2016	A Reflection on Bishop McConnell’s Reflection on the Meeting of the Primates	An analysis of Bishop Dorsey McConnell’s letter about the meeting of the primates that claimed to sanction The Episcopal Church.
2/1/2016	Political Thoughts (from the Last Election)	Things haven’t changed much.
2/5/2016	Who Is a Progressive?	Hillary Clinton’s answer
2/7/2016	Dislikability of Republican Presidential Candidates	Rank the candidates in order of dislikability.
2/12/2016	An Alternative to Reducing Taxes to Encourage Repatriation of Profits	Rather than creating another giveaway to corporate America, why not try to maximize the revenue yield?
2/13/2016	Radix-90, Order-10 PPDIs	News from the recreational math realm.
2/13/2016	After Justice Scalia	President Obama should move forward with a Supreme Court nomination, even if he is destined to be unsuccessful.
2/14/2016	Twinkling Snow	Sun and snow can produce a magical effect?
2/14/2016	A Strategy for Appointing the Next Supreme Court Justice	President Obama could put pressure on the Republicans to confirm a nominee.
2/16/2016	Words with Conflicting Meanings	Some words have meanings that are nearly completely opposite one another.
2/16/2016	Taking Mitch McConnell Seriously	The Senate Majority Leader’s plan is stupid.
2/17/2016	Letter to Mitch McConnell	Letter to the Senate Majority Leader about replacing Antonin Scalia
2/19/2016	Commas, and their Absence, Strike Again	More comma problems
2/23/2016	Another Word about Antonin Scalia	Jeffrey Toobin nails it.
2/25/2016	Commentary on Encryption	Apple is right to resist the court order to break into one of its phones.
3/1/2016	Make America Sane Again	Vote Democratic graphic
3/3/2016	“Medical Abortions”	A term that needs to be replaced by something more precise
3/5/2016	Donald Trump’s Real Message	Distilled message in a single graphic
3/5/2016	Bill Maher on the Virtues of a Woman President	A woman wouldn’t be arguing about penis size.
3/5/2016	A Suggested Tool for Debate Moderators	Debate moderators have to control the microphones.
3/14/2016	Fail-Safe Backup Plan	If need be, the Democrats will stop Trump in November.
3/16/2016	Thoughts on the Nomination of Merrick Garland	My heart is not with Mr. Obama’s nomination, but it may be a savvy move on his part.
3/16/2016	Sometimes a Space Makes a Difference	Don’t assume that “in to” and “into” are interchangeable.
3/17/2016	Why Indeed!	Why would we elect a Republican President?
3/20/2016	On the Senate Republicans’ Principle	Republican Senators simply oppose anything President Obama does.
3/20/2016	Taking Republican Thinking to Its Logical Conclusion	Why should short-timer senators be allowed to vote?
3/21/2016	Why a Democrat Must Select the Next Supreme Court Justice	The importance of having a Democrat appoint the next Supreme Court justice
3/28/2016	Four Political Limericks	My takes on the presidential nomination races in verse
3/31/2016	Thank You, Donald Trump	Trump exposes an obscured truth regarding abortion.
4/2/2016	National Poetry Month 2016	April is National Poetry Month.
4/6/2016	Thoughts about Presiding Bishop Michael Curry’s Investigation Update	Episcopalians deserve (and need) to know more.
4/14/2016	Taste Test	What does artificial sweetener do to tonic water?
4/24/2016	Under God, In God We Trust	My essay on the national motto joins my essay on the Pledge of Allegiance on Lionel Deimel’s Farrago.
4/25/2016	Might Work, Might Not	The agreement between Ted Cruz and John Kasich seems unpromising.
5/10/2016	Episcopal Journal: We Deserve Answers	Episcopal Journal asks for more information about personnel actions at the Episcopal Church Center.
5/17/2016	How We Vote, Part 1: Open Primaries	The first of a series examining how we vote in America
5/18/2016	How We Vote, Part 2: Superdelegates	Are superdelegates in the Democratic party a good or bad institution?
5/19/2016	How We Vote, Part 3: Early Voting	Early voting is helpful, but it can be overdone.
5/22/2016	Stop Donald Trump, Etc.	Changes have been made to the blog sidebar, including the addition of an anti-Trump graphic.
5/31/2016	One More PPDI	I have revised my list of base-11 PPDIs.
6/7/2016	We Are Episcopal Relief & Development	A different perspective on Episcopal Relief & Development
6/12/2016	A Time to Choose	Even responsible Republicans should vote for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump.
6/14/2016	Gun Control	Prospects for rational gun laws and suggested laws
6/16/2016	Sincere Bigotry	A comment on recent anti-gay state laws
6/18/2016	I Do Want to Take Away Your Guns	Gun control advocates need to raise their sights.
6/19/2016	Where Is Bishop McConnell’s Signature?	Bishop McConnell’s signature is missing from an ad against domestic violence.
6/23/2016	On the Revolution in the House	Democrats take a stand, albeit an imperfect one.
7/1/2016	More on Gun Control	Congress needs to act.
7/8/2016	Time to Study Gun Violence	Congress should fund CDC research into gun violence.
7/12/2016	Rethinking the National Anthem	Maybe The Star-Spangled Banner is more appropriate than I have realized.
7/13/2016	The Wisdom of George W. Bush	The former president has a word to say about prejudice.
7/21/2016	Tooting The Episcopal Church’s Horn	Proposed advertisements for The Episcopal Church
7/22/2016	Trump Ain’t No Ronald Reagan	Trump’s acceptance speech paints a picture of a grim America in need of a Savior named “Trump.”
7/24/2016	Three More Episcopal Church Advertisements	Additional proposed Episcopal Church ads
8/8/2016	Language Oddities on NPR	Even on NPR, language can get strange.
8/13/2016	First in Freedom	North Carolina rolls out a new license plate.
8/13/2016	How Would Jesus Vote?	Could Jesus really vote for Donald Trump? Would you like a button?
8/15/2016	The Greatest Man in the World	Lessons about Donald Trump by James Thurber
8/17/2016	Another PPDI	I have corrected my list of base-12 PPDIs.
8/18/2016	You Can’t Handle the Truth	Can Americans really not handle lengths in meters?
9/8/2016	On Answering Debate Questions	How I would like politicians to answer questions
9/19/2016	Truth and the Presidential Debates	A neutral moderator favors Trump.
10/8/2016	Trump Apologizes	Trump doesn’t know how to apologize.
10/29/2016	The Danger of Catholic Hospitals	Catholic hospitals should be forced to operate like hospitals.
11/3/2016	The Rigged Election	The election may be rigged, but it isn’t rigged to favor Democrats.
11/6/2016	Thoughts on the Poorly Educated	The better educated need to vote to overwhelm the votes of the poorly educated.
11/9/2016	Post-Election Depression	How could this tragedy happen?
11/14/2016	More on My November 9	Reacting to the tragedy
11/14/2016	Breitbart News and CBS News	Breitbart News is neither conservative nor news.
11/29/2016	TPP	If not the TPP then what?
11/30/2016	Conflicts of Interest	How Donald Trump might be able to avoid too many conflicts of interest
12/1/2016	Further Thoughts on Conflicts of Interest	Further thoughts on Trump’s conflict-of-interest problem
12/2/2016	America’s Second Choice for President	Trump was favored by Putin but not by American voters.
12/3/2016	A Trump Challenge	Create a Trump Alphabet.
12/10/2016	The Constitution Faces a Challenge (And It Will Probably Fail)	If the Electoral College acts as expected, we must be rid of it.
12/12/2016	Falsiness	Trump’s latest behavior suggests the need for a new word.
12/12/2016	Package Tracking Failure	Did the Postal Service deliver my package or not?
12/15/2016	Jesus, Progressive	Jesus was not a conservative.
12/18/2016	Trump 2024	Announcing my speculations about how a Trump presidency might turn out.
12/19/2016	We Need Direct Election of President and Vice-President	We need a constitutional amendment, though perhaps a complex one.
12/22/2016	Problems with Lionel Deimel’s Farrago	I am experiencing problems with the navigation of Lionel Deimel’s Farrago.
12/24/2016	It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas	A post of my Christmas poem
12/27/2016	When Was America Great?	If Trump wants to “make America Great Again,” what is his model for when America was great in the past?
12/28/2016	Winning Is Not Always the Smartest Objective	Trump’s inordinate desire always to “win” is a danger to world peace.
12/31/2016	Web Site Fixed	The navigation problem of Lionel Deimel’s Farrago have now been fixed.
1/3/2017	Letter to My Republican Senator	A letter to Senator Pat Toomey as a new Congress begins
1/3/2017	Letter to My Democratic Senator	A letter to Senator Bob Casey as a new Congress begins
1/4/2017	Why Republicans Want to Kill Obamacare	Mike Pence articulates what Republicans care and don’t care about.
1/5/2017	Hail to the Chief	The familiar anthem has Trump-friendly lyrics.
1/20/2017	This is no dream; this is really happening!	The inauguration of Donald Trump begins a dark era in our nation’s history.
1/26/2017	R.I.P. Mary Tyler Moore	MTM will be missed.
1/29/2017	Random Thoughts on U.S.-Mexican Relations	Donald Trump, the Wall, Mexico, and NAFTA
2/7/2017	Trump Haiku	Poetry inspired by the Trump Administration
2/8/2017	Collect for a Troubled Nation	Prayer for deliverance from bad government
2/25/2017	Beginning My Postcard Campaign	Trying a new way to reach my Washington representatives
3/29/2017	A Curve-stitch Design in Nails and Thread	A complex curve-stitch design really can be reproduced as a physical thing.
4/1/2017	National Poetry Month 2017	It’s that month again.
4/2/2017	Let’s Not Whitewash the Flynn Firing	The administration’s probably lying about Flynn¹s lying. Media shouldn’t support that.
4/20/2017	New CMOS in the Works	A new edition of The Chicago Manual of Style is due out in September.
4/26/2017	R.I.P. American Health Care Act	Thoughts about health care and GOP attempts to kill Obamacare.
4/28/2017	The Latest Concession to the Freedom Caucus Would Create Economic Inefficiency	Giving power to states to determine what is and is not covered by health insurance is a bad idea.
4/30/2017	Religious Designations	Oddities about how we talk about some religions
5/16/2017	A Plea to Reporters	There is no “Democrat Party.”
5/27/2017	Smith-Miller	Smith-Miller toy trucks are again available.
5/29/2017	A Memorial Day Prayer	A somewhat unusual prayer for Memorial Day.
6/13/2017	KFC	An unhappy restaurant experience
7/2/2017	Independence Day Fashion	Selecting a shirt for 4th of July
7/6/2017	Trump on Trade	Trump’s mistaken ideas about trade
7/9/2017	A New Anti-Trump Button	A button suitable for wearing all through the Trump administration
7/26/2017	Fifteen Years Ago	The Quecreek Mine accident and rescue happened 15 years ago.
8/14/2017	The Confederate Flag Revisited	We need to reframe references to the Confederate flag.
8/15/2017	North of the Border	Song parody for Trump’s America
8/21/2017	Anticipating the Eclipse	Thoughts before the eclipse
9/4/2017	Labor Day 2017 Thoughts	Art can be an inspiration to us on this Labor Day.
9/4/2017	Additional Labor Day Thoughts	We need unions, but unions need to be more egalitarian.
9/6/2017	I Support DACA	What I wrote to my senators and representative.
9/11/2017	A Poem for September 11	“Falling from the Sky”
9/14/2017	Baseball Rule Changes for Good or Ill	Thoughts on recent MLB rules
9/19/2017	Impressions of Donald Trump’s Speech to the U.N.	My immediate reactions to the Trump speech
9/24/2017	Amnesty Never	Dreamers deserve citizenship, not amnesty.
9/25/2017	Thoughts on North Korea	We need to head off military conflict with North Korea.
10/3/2017	Post-season MLB Games Begin	The MLB “Postseason” needs a better name.
10/18/2017	Clueless Comcast Technical Support	A sotry of incompetent technical support
10/18/2017	The Vietnam War in Four Pictures	Images that capture the Vietnam War for me
11/9/2017	Diocesan Convention Ignores the Needs of the Handicapped	The Pittsburgh diocesan convention should be held elsewhere.
11/21/2017	Are North Koreans Terrorists?	Are we justified in declaring North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism?
11/25/2017	Support Our …	Our diplomats, as well as our troops, need our support.
12/1/2017	Waiting for “Tax Reform”	The Senate is about to demonstrate its lack of integrity regarding “tax reform.”
12/1/2017	A Commonsense Legislative Reform	Legislators should have to read what they vote on.
12/2/2017	An Atomic Anniversary	The world’s first artificial nuclear chain reaction occurred 75 years ago.
12/11/2017	On Being a Proud Christian Democrat	A graphic to proclaim yourself a liberal Christian
12/17/2017	Banned Words	Imagined Trump censorship
12/21/2017	Whither Episode Nine?	How might the Star Wars saga end?
12/21/2017	More Legislative Reforms	More ideas to make lawmaking better
12/30/2017	My Movie Project	Watching AFI’s top American films
1/12/2018	Here, There, and Everywhere	Why postings show up where they do
1/14/2018	Make America Democratic Again	We need to throw out Republicans.
1/15/2018	Martin Luther King Day 2018	What happened to the Civil Rights Era?
1/29/2018	Why Can’t You Get My Name Right?	Dictating the spelling of my name doesn’t always produce the desired result.
2/8/2018	The Trump Parade	Another of Trump’s dumb ideas
2/20/2018	What Does Putin Know?	Does Trump treat Putin with kid gloves because of what Putin knows?
2/23/2018	Schools and Guns	Thoughts on the gun discussion following the Parkland massacre
2/24/2018	Visit to the Veterinarian	Getting Charlie and Linus into their carriers can be traumatic.
3/14/2018	“Amen” in the Book of Common Prayer	The word “amen” is rendered differently, depending on context. A few changes are in order.
3/22/2018	Pittsburgh Churches Settle (Sort Of)	Analysis of the recently announced property agreement
3/24/2018	Assault Weapons	What a ban should look like
4/2/2018	Bon-Ton and KitchenAid Give Me a Hard Time	Frustration at the department store and in the kitchen.
4/10/2018	Regrets	Little mistakes can haunt us.
4/11/2018	Goals for Syria	What can we reasonably achieve?
4/14/2018	A Brief Look at Fox News	Fox & Friends shows its colors.
4/16/2018	A Pro-Choice Essay and Graphic	Thoughts on pro-choice messaging
4/25/2018	Change in Comment Policy	Future comments will be moderated.
5/13/2018	The Trump Doctrine	How Trump operates
6/2/2018	Samantha Bee vs. Roseanne Barr	Two infractions, but not of the same character.
6/3/2018	Fair Offer or Discrimination	For whom is it proper to offer discounts?
6/5/2018	Afternoon Cinema	Advertising at the movie theater
6/9/2018	Draining the Swamp	Trump has only made things worse.
6/11/2018	Michael Curry and Donald Trump	Thoughts on Michael Curry’s sermon at the recent royal wedding
6/12/2018	Kim: Another Admired Strongman	Trump “honored” to hob knob with Kim Jong-un
6/17/2018	Thoughts on A Higher Loyalty	Some reactions to James Comey’s book
7/6/2018	Save Democracy	My latest button
7/9/2018	Two Complaints about Bishop McConnell	My bishop hasn’t made me happy lately.
7/10/2018	The Future of Roe and Obergefell	Possible consequences of a Justice Kavanaugh
7/11/2018	Make American Great Again—Really	Trump is making a dumb slogan meaningful.
7/15/2018	Peter Strzok on the Hot Seat	Republican committee get more than they bargained for and show their partisanship.
7/17/2018	Mr. President, Time to Come Clean	What could Putin have on Trump that’s so bad?
7/21/2018	The Donald Goes Rolling Along	Satiric lyric for our time
7/31/2018	The Donald Goes Rolling Along (Final Version)	A revised version of my lyrics is now on my Web site.
8/4/2018	The Wisdom of Dumping Pelosi	Replacing the House minority leader would help Democrats in November.
8/11/2018	Another Governor’s Cup	August Deimel wins another Governor’s Cup for Keuka Spring Vineyards.
9/10/2018	Thoughts on “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration”	Thoughts on the anonymous op-ed about Trump in The New York Times
9/17/2018	Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford	What to make of the charges against Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh
9/19/2018	Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, Round 2	More thoughts on the charges against Judge Kavanaugh
9/20/2018	Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, Round 3	Thoughts about the Kavanaugh nomination as the drama moves to a conclusion
9/22/2018	Clean Your PC	Is your computer making loud wirring sounds?
9/24/2018	In What Year Did Brett Kavanaugh Stop Assaulting Women?	Brett Kavanaugh should withdraw his attempt to become a Supreme Court justice.
9/26/2018	Stanislav Petrov Day	Today, we celebrate the man who likely prevented nuclear war.
9/28/2018	Historic Hearing	Assault victim Christine Blasey Ford faces off against Brett Kavanaugh in a Senate hearing.
10/7/2018	An Indiana Demonstration	A “pro-life” demonstration in Indiana, Pa.
10/21/2018	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia is not a friend of the U.S.
10/26/2018	Miscellaneous Thoughts on Trump	What’s wrong with the president.
1/4/2019	Congress, Grow a Backbone	Congress should assert its role in making laws.
1/5/2019	A Prediction	The present government shutdown will not last a year.
1/14/2019	Can We Find Common Ground on the Wall?	Is a compromise possible?
1/14/2019	Protecting Already-Born Women	Pregnant women shouldn’t shouldn’t be charged with child abuse.
1/15/2019	Why Concern About the Trump-Russian Connection Is Not Simply Paranoia	Why shouldn’t we conclude the obvious?
2/13/2019	Breakfast Encounter	People do strange things with their cellphones.
2/19/2019	A General Principle Regarding Odd Results	Don’t ignore oddities.
3/3/2019	Another MLB Safety Concern	Chairs on the field are dangerous.
3/4/2019	Six Language Quibbles	Usages that drive me crazy.
3/19/2019	Three Unneeded Presidential Candidates	Do we really need Beto O’Rourke, Bernie Sanders, and Joe Biden?
3/24/2019	Slogan Compromise	On BLACK LIVES MATTER slogan
3/27/2019	Ordnances	On a collective noun
3/27/2019	A Different Redistricting Idea	Perhaps congressional districts could span state boundries.
5/17/2019	A Different Redistricting Idea	Trump is all about personal control.
5217/2019	Abortion as Murder	Hypocrisy among the “pro-life” crowd
5/26/2019	Age and the Democratic Candidates	We need younger presidential candidates.
5/29/2019	Roe vs. the Radical Right	Abortion opponents hope to overturn Roe.
5/29/2019	Congress Still Has Questions for Mueller	Will Congress get to ask Mueller important questions?
6/1/2019	Congress Should Rescind the President’s Tariff Authority	Presidential power should be limited.
6/4/2019	Can a President Be Indicted?	The president should not be special with respect to the law.
6/17/2019	How the Upcoming Debates Could Have Been Better Designed	With two debates, Democratic candidates could have been better distributed.
6/27/2019	Some Cursory Thoughts on the First Democratic Debate	General comments on the June 26 Democratic debate
6/28/2019	Thoughts on the Second Democratic Debate	Thoughts on the second Democratic debate
7/8/2019	Facebook and Hate Speech	Facebook’s notion of hate speech is seriously defective.
7/16/2019	Racist Is as Racist Does	News organizations are increasingly willing to call Trump’s tweets racist.
7/17/2019	The Debate Lineup: An Apology and Further Thoughts	Distributing candidates to debates again
7/19/2019	CNN Chooses Debate Lineups	Making debate choices into entertainment
7/22/2019	GOP Debates?	Trump should have to debate Bill Weld.
7/23/2019	A Psalm for Our Time (and Our President)	Psalm 52 and Donald Trump
7/25/2019	Don’t Impeach Trump	The case against impeachment, even though Trump deserves it
8/5/2019	Making Credible Campaign Promises	What Democrats can promise and actually deliver
8/21/2019	Please, Not Joe Biden	Can’t we do better than Joe Biden?
8/30/2019	A Long-Awaited Movie Arrives	A movie based in a Shirley Jackson novel is finally released.
9/4/2019	Happy Summer Day	A new poem
9/6/2019	Arguing Against an Anti-abortion Argument	Let’s get rid of God arguments.
9/11/2019	A Different Kind of Presidential Candidate Debate	Suggesting a totally different form of presidential debate
9/27/2019	Slow Order for the Impeachment Train	An impeachment case should be strong and comprehensive.
10/9/2019	Further Thoughts on Impeachment	An analysis of impeachment
10/16/2019	Let’s Add a Different Presidential Primary Debate to the Schedule	A suggestion for a presidential debate that excludes the leading candidates
10/24/2019	A Proposed Constitutional Amendment	We need to make it clear that the president and vice president are not above the law.
11/5/2019	Let’s Kill Daylight Saving Time	Daylight saving time is dysfunctional.
11/6/2019	One Flaw in the Warren Medicare-for-All Plan	Elizabeth Warren doesn’t have the answer.
11/12/2019	Quick Evaluation of Democratic Presidential Candidates	A perhaps not completely serious brief characterization of the Democratic presidential candidates
11/19/2019	Abortion	A graphic in support of abortion rights
11/23/2019	Job Protection	Protecting jobs shouldn’t derail good policy.
12/12/2019	Why General Convention Resolution A063 is Problematic	A063 threatens common prayer.
12/17/2019	Freedom Around the World	Freedom House sees democracy in retreat around the globe.
12/17/2019	Thoughts on the Coming Impeachment	Impeachment will not likely end well.
12/30/2019	Isn’t She Still Dead?	Interview with the late Joan Rivers—really?
1/5/2020	A Litany for the Democratic Presidential Candidate	Objectives I think most Democratic candidates would agree with
1/112020	Gilmore Girls	In praise of a TV show
1/15/2020	McConnell’s Kangaroo Court	Mitch McConnell seeks to guarantee that Trump’s impeachment trial is a joke.
1/20/2020	Collect for an Impeachment Trial of the President	A specialized prayer
1/30/2020	A Policy Declaration All Democrats Should Love	A kind of good-government pledge for presidential candidates
2/2/2020	The Iowa Caucus Poll	The Caucus proceeds with polling.
2/8/2020	“O God of All the Nations”	A new hymn from Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
2/27/2020	Collect for a Time of Contagion	A prayer for our current pandemic
3/5/2020	Lizzy’s Choice	With Biden clearing the field, what will Elizabeth Warrren do?
3/6/2020	Biden’s the One	Biden is the likely Democratic standard-bearer; he is likely good enough.
3/12/2020	A Coronavirus Story	A personal story and a story of an incompetent president
3/21/2020	A Coronavirus Thought Experiment	What we might do if we could test everyone for the coronavirus
3/24/2020	Not Many More G&Ts	Pennsylvania liquor stores are closed.
3/29/2020	It’s Time for Bernie to Fight the Real Fight	Bernie needs to get out of the race and endorse Joe Biden.
3/30/2020	A Collection of Collects	Prayers I introduced one at a time elsewhere
4/13/2020	Thoughts on the President in a Difficult Time	A collection of brief comments originally made on Facebook
4/15/2020	Thoughts on Returning to “Normal”	What will it take to return to the pre-pandemic world
4/21/2020	Is It Time to Return to “Normal”?	Politicians are too eager to return to “normal.”
4/27/2020	Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev	It is the birthday of my favorite composer.
4/28/2020	The Great States	Calling states “great” is tiresome and often disingenuous.
4/28/2020	How to Do It	I can’t seem able to duplicate the elegant moves I see in videos.
5/4/2020	In Praise of the Diaeresis	A little understood diacritical mark
5/5/2020	The Coronavirus and Meat-Processing Plants	Outbreaks in meat-processing plants are not isolated incidents.
5/6/2020	Sorry, Nancy	Nancy Pelosi is a greater Democratic asset than I gave her credit for being.
5/15/2020	What Republicans Believe	A list
5/27/2020	Betty Deimel (May 6, 1948–May 21, 2020)	An obituary of my ex-wife
5/27/2020	A Son’s Tribute	A tribute to Betty Deimel by her son
6/4/2020	Trump Really Doesn’t Seek to Divide Americans	Trump simply wants the love of his base.
6/15/2020	Our Honored Confederate Generals	We need to strip names of rebels from military bases.
6/27/2020	Shirley Jackson Day 2020	Celebrating a quirky author
6/28/2020	A 51-Star Flag	Designing a new flag shouldn’t stop us from making D.C. a state.
7/1/2020	Thoughts on the Department of Justice	The Department of Justice needs to be isolated from presidents like Donald Trump.
7/6/2020	Nominations for the National Garden of American Heroes	I offer a list of “heroes” I think Trump might really like to honor.
7/8/2020	Can Americans Follow Through?	America faces challenges it may not have the tenacity to fully meet.
7/11/2020	Masks	Trump is a bad role model.
7/14/2020	Community vs. Individual Concerns in the Time of Pandemic	Surviving the pandemic in the absence of a vaccine
7/14/2020	A New Name for the Redskins	What will be the football team’s new name?
7/22/2020	Votes for All—Universal Adult Suffrage	A proposed constitutional amendment
7/30/2020	The Real Trump Platform	What Trump really wants
8/1/2020	The Biden Agenda before the Biden Agenda	Biden’s first objective will be to clean up the mess caused by Trump.
8/8/2020	Vote in Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania voter information
8/14/2020	Trump-Pence Slogans	Possible truthful slogans
8/20/2020	Progressive Should Be Thankful for Joe Biden	Biden is the right man for the job.
8/21/2020	Unequal Justice	The law treats the rich better than everyone else.
8/24/2020	The Trump Platform	A cynical graphic
8/27/2020	To the Black Lives Matter Folks: Don‘t Screw Things Up	Demonstrators must avoid giving Trump an issue.
8/29/2020	Responsible Voting	Not voting is irresponsible.
9/1/2020	Our Lying President	Generally, Trump lies.
9/8/2020	The Trump Economy	Trump has not been good for the American economy.
9/21/2020	Reflection on Roe v. Wade in Response to the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg	Roe v. Wade will likely be overturned after Trump appoints another Supreme Court justice. This may not be too bad.
10/2/2020	Inadequacy of Available Reactions to Facebook Posts	Facebook needs to allow users to be more precise in their reactions to posts.
10/13/2020	Originalism	Originalism is stupid.
10/13/2020	A Biden Administrative Agenda	Good administrative rules for a President Biden
10/23/2020	Is “Apiece” Really Necessary?	“Apiece” is being misused.
10/26/2020	A Note on Blog Comments	An apology for having ignored some comments
10/31/2020	The Post-election Interregnum	Trump will behave badly after he looses, but he will be gone after January 20.
11/6/2020	Is the Use of the Twentieth-Fifth Amendment in our Future?	If Trump continues to act outrageously, perhaps he should be removed from office using the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
11/12/2020	The Anti-Democratic Party	A graphic to characterize the GOP
11/24/2020	Why People Are Traveling for Thanksgiving	Travelers are not thinking clearly.
12/12/2020	On Trump’s Loss	Will Trump’s disbelief of having lost extend past January 20?
12/14/2020	Weapons Carried in Public	What is the purpose of allowing people to carry weapons in public?
12/23/2020	Lost (and Found) Keys	A story with a happy ending
12/31/2020	End-of-Year Thoughts	List of lessons learned (or reinforced) in 2020
1/1/2021	A Very Happy New Year	This year should be happier than last year.
1/5/2021	How to Run Mass Vaccinations	This really isn’t rocket science.
1/6/2021	Thoughts on the Recent Insurrection	Today’s insurrections raises questions.
1/12/2021	Choosing a Name for September 6, 2021	The events of January 6 might be called the Epiphany Putsch.
1/14/2021	Essays on Ranked-Choice Voting: Chapter 1	Though not perfect, ranked-choice voting problems can be minimized.
1/15/2021	Slavery Revisited	Using a euphemism for “slave” diminishes the brutality of the peculiar institution.
1/18/2021	Donald Trump’s Future	Trump should be indicted and arrested.
1/24/2021	How to Run Mass Vaccinations Redux	Mass vaccinations can be done efficiently.
1/25/2021	On the Upcoming Trial of Donald Trump	A trial is legal, but conviction will be difficult.
1/25/2021	Really, SCOTUS?	The Supreme Court excuses Trump’s illegal behavior.
1/29/2021	The Horrors of Movies on Television	Movies are too often butchered by TV networks.
2/1/2021	President Biden: Go Big	Democrats need to pass landmark legislation.
2/3/2021	Further Thoughts on the Trump Trial	A likely not guilty verdict will send the wrong message.
2/13/2021	The Case against Trump	Details of the case
3/6/2021	End the Filibuster	Getting rid of the filibuster is needed to pass needed legislation
3/9/2021	More Thoughts on the Filibuster	In different circumstances, the filibuster could be helpful.
3/9/2021	Annoying Squeeze Bottles	Some products should not come in squeeze bottles.
3/11/2021	Taking the Cats to the Vet (Day 1)	The annual battle begins.
3/14/2021	Taking the Cats to the Vet (Day 2)	The campaign concludes successfully.
3/18/2021	Defending Benjamin Franklin	Defending my high school’s namesake
4/3/2021	What Do You Like about Donald Trump?	Which of Trump’s traits do his supporters actually like?
4/4/2021	To Protect and to Serve	Police generally protect their own interests.
4/12/2021	Thoughts as Prosecution in Chauvin Case nears the End	A threat can justify police violence; a risk cannot.
4/20/2021	An Immediate Reaction to the Chauvin Verdicts	We can hope that the conviction of Chauvin represents a turning point in how police violence is treated.
4/22/2021	Gun Control	A gun control graphic
5/2/2021	Defending Benjamin Franklin, Round Two	The school board intends to rename the building; the name of the school is another matter.
5/4/2021	Defending Benjamin Franklin, Round Three	My letter to the Head of School.
5/6/2021	Defending Benjamin Franklin, Round Four	A letter from a classmate
5/14/2021	Who You Gonna Believe, Me or Your Lyin’ Eyes	What we saw on January 6 was what it seemed to be.
5/15/2021	Can’t Eat Just One	Potato clips are addictive.
5/21/2021	A Terrible Terrible Book	Many (most) on the right have lost all objectivity.
5/29/2021	Improving Musical Notation	My suggestion would make musical notation easier to learn, but too many people would have to un-learn the old notation.
6/1/2021	Episcopal Elections (Essays on Ranked-Choice Voting: Chapter 2)	There is a better way to stage episcopal elections.
6/6/2021	Bipartisanism	Democrats need to fight as hard as their opponents do.
7/14/2021	Jab	British English invades the American tongue.
7/18/2021	Back to Church	Returning to church after pandemic restrictions
7/19/2021	Condos and Infrastructure	When governments build, they should create a dedicated maintenance/replacement fund.
7/19/2021	Presidential Goals	Goals adopted by presidents (graphic)
7/26/2021	Human 1, Animals 0 (maybe)	The struggle to protect my birdseed cache from animal preditors
7/29/2021	Raccoon-Proofing	Trying to frustrate raccoons
8/15/2021	Who Lost Afghanistan?	Improving Afghanistan was a hopeless cause.
8/16/2021	Thoughts on Mask Mandates	Mask mandates are sometimes necessary.
8/22/2021	Get Me to the Plane on Time	An Afghanistan song parody
9/1/2021	Thoughts on the New Texas Abortion Law	A new Texas law outsources law enforcement.
9/2/2021	Advice to Young Texas Women	Get out (graphic)
9/8/2021	Eliminating Rape in Texas	Governor Abbott isn’t going to eliminate rape in Texxas.
9/11/2021	Looking Back 20 Years	Links to posts about the tragedy of 20 years ago
9/13/2021	Thoughts on the 9/11 Twentieth Anniversary	Questions inspired by the events of 9/11
9/16/2021	Epiphany Insurrection	A better name for the events of 1/6
9/19/2021	Abortion Access for Episcopalians	Episcopalians should have the right to choose abortion.
9/21/2021	National Priorities	Proposed government priorities for 2021
9/25/2021	Kill the Cult	Trump leads a cult that needs to be eliminated.
9/26/2021	A Manifesto	An anti-racist declaration
9/29/2021	Eliminate the Debt Ceiling	Democrats could simply get rid of the debt ceiling.
9/30/2021	A Letter to the President Concerning January 6	Insurrectionists should be charged with serious crimes.
10/4/2021	A Letter to the President Concerning January 6	Facebook is too big and too powerful.
10/4/2021	Make a Deal with Joe Manchin	Democrats need to play hardball with Senator Manchin (graphic)
10/6/2021	A New Prayer for Our Time	A prayer for the misguided
10/7/2021	Saving the Planet	Living things need to be saved, not the planet (graphic).
10/9/2021	Oatmeal with a Bite	Putting lots of pepper in oatmeal is a bad idea.
10/10/2021	A Small Step toward Building a Better Sandwich	Putting salt and pepper on the bread
10/10/2021	A Small Step toward Building a Better Sandwich	Putting salt and pepper on the bread
10/12/2021	Promoting Abortion Access	People who have had abortions need to come out of the closet.
10/17/2021	Pittsburgh Diocese Passes Resolutions	The diocese passes resolutions about climate change, voting rights, and what people are honored by the church.
10/26/2021	Congressman Glenn Thompson on Medicare	Report on a telephone town hall
11/5/2021	A Proposal to Replace the Income Tax	A proposal for an expenditure tax
11/5/2021	New Phone	I hate instructions consisting only of pictures.
11/5/2021	Planning for the Worst Case	What to do if Senators Manchin and Sinema prove uncöperative
11/6/2021	CPKC	An exciting railroad merger
11/12/2021	Schroeder	A cat has been visiting at my back door.
11/16/2021	The Message of the Parable of the Good Samaritan	The biblical story is a bit garbled.
11/18/2021	A Christian Nation	We aren’t there yet.
11/19/2021	Schroeder Update 1	The cat is back but wouldn’t walk into a carrier.
11/19/2021	Repeal the Second Amendment	We should get rid of this damaging amendment.
11/26/2021	Collect for the Homeless	Another prayer
11/27/2021	In Praise of Not Streaming	There are good reasons to watch movies on physical disks.
12/9/2021	Further Thoughts on Abortion Rights	An extended argument for abortion rights
12/12/2021	A Prayer in Response to the Recent Tornadoes	Another specialized prayer
12/21/2021	Letter to Senator Joe Manchin	A response to another Manchin vote
12/22/2021	Mysteries of Facebook	Things I don’t understand about Facebook
12/23/2021	A Facebook Ambiguity	Reactions to Facebook posts can be ambiguous
12/26/2021	My, How Things Have Changed (My So-Called Life Edition)	In a TV episode, students run into the hall upon hearing a gunshot. That isn’t what would happen in 2021.
12/30/2021	Schroeder Update 2	The cat continues to come by.
1/1/2022	A Explanation for Loyalty to Trump	Trump lies with such convincing sincerity. (Graphic)
1/11/2022	Schroeder Update 3	Schroeder comes by in the cold.
1/12/2022	Schroeder Update 4	I now have a trap
1/13/2022	Schroeder Update 5 (sort of)	I capture the wrong cat.
1/14/2022	Schroeder Update 6 (again, sort of)	The cat I caught finds his way home.
1/17/2022	Schroeder Update 7	A day without capturing a cat
1/17/2022	Terrorism? Really?	“Terror” is not always used carefully.
1/20/2022	Schroeder Update 9	Schroeder’s enclosure is expanded.
1/25/2022	Schroeder Update 10	Schroeder goes to the vet.
2/3/2022	Schroeder Update 11	Schroeder settles in.
2/3/2022	A Schroeder Table of Contents	Links to posts about Schroeder
2/9/2022	Celebrating 20 Years	This blog is 20 years old; links to notable posts
3/5/2022	Wanted for Crimes: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin	A wanted poster (Graphic)
3/5/2022	Schroeder Update 12	Another trip to the vet
3/8/2022	Which Way Does the Fan Turn?	A visual ambiguity
3/16/2022	When Can We End Russian Sanctions?	The secretary of state says Russian sanctions are not permanent.
3/18/2022	Are the End Times Upon Us?	Changes come to Major League Baseball.
4/20/2022	Rhymes in “Paul Revere’s Ride”	Rhyming varies in this famous poem.
5/6/2022	Vast Minority	What is a vast “minority”?
5/7/2022	A Comprehensive Examination of the Abortion Question	A revised version of an earlier essay
5/8/2022	Financing Abortions	Abortion loans: a mechanism may be needed if Roe v. Wade is overturned
5/12/2022	Safe, Legal, and Accessible	A pro-choice slogan and graphic
5/13/2022	Mitch (as usual) Got It Wrong	McConnell tries to justify a likely Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade.
5/14/2022	Bans Off Our Bodies Rally	I make posters and attend a demonstration.
5/16/2022	Keep Abortion Legal	A more modest length essay
5/25/2022	Thoughts on Yet Another Gun Massacre	What a safer America shuld look like
5/26/2022	Bubonic Plague in the United States	Thoughts about a documentary on a surprising topic
5/27/2022	A New Wine-Tasting Rule	A pandemic can lead to odd rules.
5/29/2022	A Church Demonstration of Sympathy and Outrage	My church creates outdoor displays in reaction to mass shootings.
5/30/2022	Originalism and the Second Amendment	The Supreme Court is wrong about the Second Amendment. Also, originalism is legal nonsense.
6/4/2022	R.I.P. Diane Duntley	The death of a friend
6/4/2022	A Diane Duntley Tribute	My tribute at Diane’s funeral
6/5/2022	A Diane Duntley Album	A photo tribute to my friend
6/6/2022	Chastisement from Church Not Deserved	Opposition to abortion is not one of the “central tenets of Christianity.”
6/7/2022	Stopping a Bad Guy With a Gun	A gun-control graphic
6/7/2022	A Democratic Platform for 2022	A strategy for the 2022 elections
6/13/2022	Hard-Boiled Eggs	My technique for boiling eggs
6/19/2022	Texas Republicans on Dismantling America	The Texas GOP has lost its mind.
6/23/2022	Two Rediscovered Limericks	Poems from years ago about my then bishop
6/25/2022	A First Reaction to Dobbs	I am upset but not surprised. I provide a linked table of contents for the court’s opinion.
6/27/2022	Dashboard	Another rediscovered humorous poem
6/28/2022	Urging the President to Action	Something must be done about the out-of-control Supreme Court.
6/29/2022	Schroeder Update 13	The cat now has the run of the house.
7/2/2022	More on Dobbs	Observations on the dissenting opinion
7/7/2022	Preventing Gun Violence	Thoughts on red flag laws
7/7/2022	“Electoral”	How to pronounce the word
7/9/2022	Course of American Rights, 2022	A new poem
7/11/2022	Diane L. Duntley Laid to Rest	My friend is buried
7/20/2022	Volunteer	A flower appears without a known origin.
7/20/2022	Democrats and Messaging	Suggestions for Democrats
7/22/2022	Feeding the Hummingbirds	I finally found a hummingbird feeder that works well.
8/4/2022	Schroeder: A Cat Who Needs a New Home	Cat free to good home
8/4/2022	Schroeder: A Cat Who Needs a New Home	Cat free to good home
8/11/2022	Our Democracy Is About to be Tested	Will Trump get away with stealing government documents?
8/24/2022	Schroeder Goes to His New Home Today	The Schroeder adventure has a happy ending.
8/26/2022	The Catholic Court	There are too many Roman Catholics on the Supreme Court.
8/30/2022	My Multigrain Bread Recipe	A recipe I’ve worked on for a while
9/4/2022	A New Battery for My Honda CR-V	Car batteries don’t last forever.
9/21/2022	A Fetterman Rally	Attending a rally for a Senate candidate
9/30/2022	Two (or maybe three) Language Complaints	Various complaints about language use
10/20/2022	“Shambles”	A word that probably doesn’t mean what you think it means
10/26/2022	What Do We Need in Our Citizens?	Children need to be educated, not just trained.
10/29/2022	Watching Out for the Loonies	How can we identify disturbed, potentially violent, people in advance?
11/9/2022	Thoughts on Midterm Elections	Democrats beat the eyes
12/5/2022	U.S. Oaths of Office	We keep injecting God into our national ceremonies.
1/7/2023	Grievances vs. Resentments	A useful distinction in political discourse
1/18/2023	When Is a Fetus a Human Being?	“When Does Life Begin?” is the wrong question.
1/19/2023	Let’s Slay the Debt-Ceiling Dragon	We should get rid of the debt ceiling once and for all.
2/2/2023	Pull Out All the Stops	A phrase with more than one origin story
2/6/2023	More Frustration from Facebook	Why can’t Facebook get things right?
2/8/2023	Table of Contents Returns	This table of contents has been brought up-to-date.
2/10/2023	A Hospital Adventure	Checking in at a new hospital
2/14/2023	Clapping on Jeopardy!	Can the applause possibly be sincere?
2/14/2023	Views of My New Church	Church photos on a sunny day
2/16/2023	Non-binary Pronouns	New pronouns are needed. Here’s a proposal.
2/23/2023	“Reform”	Journalists should be more careful about using this word.
2/27/2023	New Curve-stitch Designs	Generalizing an old design
3/1/2023	Writing Someone Else’s Congressperson	This simple task can get complicated.
3/1/2023	Adolescent Women	Is this an odd phrase?
3/4/2023	A Disclaimer for Fox News	Now that we know how Fox News operates, it should alert its viewers.
3/4/2023	GOP: The Party of Freedom	A graphic lists “freedoms” the Republican Party is peddling.
3/11/2023	Q	Why is this letter showing up in the names of so many medications?
3/13/2023	On the SVB Collapse	This certainly looks like a bailout.
3/26/2023	Thoughts on Trump’s Legal Future	How should Trump be treated if indicted for insurrection?
3/27/2023	A Public Opinion Questionnaire	What school policies do we want politicians to support?
3/30/2023	Baseball Changes	The new MLB season will be very different.
4/1/2023	A Walking Tour of Clifton Springs	A stroll through part of the village
4/4/2023	Of Course, It’s Political	Investigations of Donald Trump are indeed political. So what?
4/10/2023	Fed Up	Primarily a graphic urging liberals to fight for their beliefs.
4/28/2023	Lamenting the Loss of the Red Envelopes	I will miss getting DVDs and Blu-ray disks by mail.
5/20/2023	Kill the Debt Ceiling Once and for All	President Biden should pay the nation’s bills and cite the Fourteenth Amendment as his authority.
5/27/2023	Lessons from the CNN Trump Town Hall	Journalists must do a better job of controlling Donald Trump.
6/14/2023	Trial of the Century	A Trump trial may deserve the name.
7/2/2023	Discrimination and the Student Loan Forgiveness Program	One argument against the Biden student loan forgiveness program is ridiculous.
7/4/2023	An Independence Day Meditation	Thoughts on Independence Day 2023.
7/6/2023	CDs from the Library	Exploring the offerings from the local library
7/19/2023	“Yo”	Missing English pronouns and inability to comment on the matter.
8/12/2023	A Delightful Organ Concert	A concert on an 1852 organ
8/14/2023	Meteor Hunting	Viewing the Perseid Meteor Shower
8/14/2023	Lock Him Up!	We need to both punish Trump and shut him up.
8/26/2023	Observations on the Recent GOP Debate	These debates could be better.
9/4/2023	A Meditation on Donald Trump and Juries	What should a jury be like? Could I be on a Trump jury?
9/11/2023	Digital Invariants Discussion Revised	The section of my Web site concerning PPDIs/Armstrong numbers has been updated.
9/18/2023	Terrible Customer Support: Nu Skin Edition	Nu Skin Customer Service leaves much to be desired.
10/14/2023	No Eclipse	A partial eclipse came on a cloudy day.
11/7/2023	Fisk Jubilee Singers	A much enjoyed choral concert.
12/4/2023	Terri Schiavo, Revisited	An MSNBC documentary caused me to revisit what I wrote about Terri Schiavo in 2005.

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