> Silver Oak Winery in Napa, Ca. #earthquakeinwinecountry [https://twitter.com/hashtag/earthquakeinwinecountry?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/VHjCT0pyNm [http://t.co/VHjCT0pyNm] > — Channing Thomson (@CHANNINGPOSTERS) August 24, 2014 [https://twitter.com/CHANNINGPOSTERS/statuses/503563380309766144]

> An old post on Chesterton & Belloc to hearten during dark times. The value of "Old Friends". http://t.co/hPaCFE36MD pic.twitter.com/NVXfN0AmQe [http://t.co/NVXfN0AmQe] > — Catholic Thinker (@ThinkerCatholic) August 21, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ThinkerCatholic/statuses/502282924340023297]

Chestertonian Kevin O'Brien, writing at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, attacks higher education [http://www.cleveland.com/obrien/index.ssf/2014/08/questions_asked_and_unasked_ab.html#incart_opinion] . Excerpt: > Too many students are majoring in English, anthropology, sociology and, yes, political science. The job markets specific

H.I.F. One of the best list articles I've ever read: 10 Devastating Author-To-Author Insults [http://listverse.com/2014/08/21/10-devastating-author-to-author-insults/]. Samples: Twain on Austen: “Every time I read Pride and Prejudice, I want to dig her up and

This is a picture of my youngest daughters' arts and craft corner. Can anyone spot the anomaly?

> How much a beer costs around the world: http://t.co/uiP8lr0GTv pic.twitter.com/q3HgznaXJH [http://t.co/q3HgznaXJH] > — Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 16, 2014 [https://twitter.com/WSJ/statuses/500670984622731264]

BYCU I wanted to run this piece last week, but I didn't get a chance: "Best-selling larger beers taste the same, new research finds [http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/08/13/best-selling-beers-taste-same-new-research-finds/] ." Excerpt: > Johan Almenberg and

> Seeking Proof For Why We Feel Terrible After Too Many Drinks http://t.co/2jhIXMK61h > — Patrick Madrid (@patrickmadrid) August 19, 2014 [https://twitter.com/patrickmadrid/statuses/501809277255032832]

Some Epstein, with a little commentary of my own: "The most impressive students I had over my 30 years of university teaching were those I encountered when I first began, in the early 1970s, who almost all turned out to have been put through Catholic schools, during a time

Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine [http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson sent me a