Eric Scheske
Scrolling Blog: May 2024
May 31, 2024
BYCU
A Newcomer in the Grape Industry
It's Vermentino. It resists drought and is cheap and California growers are lovin' it. It currently costs $4,000 a ton (whereas Napa Cabernet costs over $8,000), but as more use it, the cost will go
The Left Hemisphere Thwarts Focus: On Art Appreciation
Attention, attention, attention.
Everyone is starved for it . . . their own, not others. People want to be able to focus again.
Madison Avenue purposefully kills it:
The legal scholar Tim Wu, in his book “The Attention Merchants,” notes, “Without express consent, most of us have passively opened ourselves up to the
Art Appreciation: One Way to Reclaim Your Attention?
Nathan Heller at The New Yorker ("The Battle for Attention")
Why June 1 is a Great Day to Honor the Copts
A little Coptic history, a feast day to remember, and a great drink I concocted from my garden produce.
Substack Frustrates Me
Substack frustrates me like only a lover can get frustrated with his beloved.
It Suffocates. I get frustrated when I can't breathe. Substack frustrates me. It buries me with unknown authors who I want to read, but I can't possibly get to all of them.
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Twenty 20th-Century Books for Young Autodidacts
(Actually, there are 33, if you count the honorable mentions)
Joseph Epstein is arguably the best essayist alive. He’s urbane, funny, self-deprecating. He’s a fine stylist, and he’s remarkably well-read.
I remember William F. Buckley marveling at Epstein’s erudition and wondering how Epstein could have so
The Gin and Tonic is Coming Back in its Birthplace: India
Jaya Saxena at Punch
NPR is in Fine Hands, Indeed
Christopher Rufo at City Journal
Tucker Carlson's Interview on Joe Rogan
A Few Notes about Episode #2138