The Uses (and Abuses) of Schmaltz — By: OnePeterFive
Above: The Love Song by Norman Rockwell (1926) The word “Schmaltz” is an intriguing one – and well-worth our meditation, as we venture through the Christmas season, and on at last to St. Valentine’s Day (which is also Ash Wednesday this year), as well as Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays. In the German from which it comes originally,…
