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Eric Scheske

Catholic Lane

My latest over at Catholic Lane: On Charity [http://catholiclane.com/on-charity/]. It's not my favorite piece: It's pretty compact without much flair (no cogent quotes and clever anecdotes), and I'm concerned that the piece slightly conflates "charity" with "entitlements,

Friday

BYCU The veteran drinker Kingsley Amis didn't like the advent of music in England's pubs. I think he made some good points, especially this one: > If you dislike what is being played, you use up energy and patience in the attempt to ignore it; if

More Lawrence

Last week, I featured D. H. Lawrence. I'm following up with this additional DHL that I published five years ago. I've been going back through, checking out these FtH pieces. I'm definitely going to have to consider bringing them back. D. H. Lawrence, Studies

Pawn Me

Pawn Stars A continuation from yesterday's post, which was growing too lengthy: Besides sports, I only watch Pawn Stars. Shallow you say? Yes, it is, but my office job has become very hard, with the result that I have little energy for reading at the end of the

Monday

Two Randoms It's county fair week. Every year, I'm expected to donate 24 hours of volunteer time to the Kiwanis Food Building. Twenty years ago, the requirement was arduous. I would often work two consecutive 12-hour days so I could get it over with. By

Pretty Funny

Friday

BYCU Have you ever heard of Put in Bay? It's on America's North Coast, west of Cleveland. I've never been there, but I'm told it's a beautiful area of America, filled with great scenery and drinking opportunities. Unfortunately, it probably

Weaver

"To assume that his light is always sufficient is pride." Richard Weaver. I wish I could just stop with that quote. It's worth considering (and pointing at oneself) for a few minutes, but the rest of the Weaver quote, excerpted from his essay "Lee the

Funny Leno

President Obama is talking tough. He said he will not rest until Syrian President Assad's power has been reduced to the point where he's on "Dancing With the Stars." Samsung has unveiled its new smartwatch. It will go on sale later this month in

Beerbohm

Max Beerbohm is one of those writers I'd like to read. Unfortunately, there are too many others I'd love to read, so even though I have a couple of Max books, they're largely untouched. Some day, though, some day. Always some day. Joseph Epstein