seanessay.com My activist friend Shawna, knowing that my Member of Parliament (MP) appreciated my letters, asked my to forward some, presumably so she could role model. I suppose activists may read How to Win Friends and Influence People, but then forget the lessons, especially if they are “polarized like an American” or stridently condemning “the […]
Shrinking Hearts, Declining Business and a Deserted Public Square
seanessay.com We don’t have “freedom of corporation” the way we have freedom of religion. The bishops in Jonestown may deliberate in hoods over guttering candles, but in North America, both registered nonprofits and for-profits have to name certain officers and must follow certain checks and balances such as outside audits. On August 24, in his […]
About Poor Friday, Her Life and Times
seanessay.com I was born weeks into the space age. Optimism! Although Nineteen Eighty-Four and Brave New World were trickling into our culture… but most people won’t read. It was Robert A. Heinlein, writing before television, who began putting prose, optimistic short stories, into that magazine with Norman Rockwell covers: The Saturday Evening Post. To a […]
I Saw the Awesome End of Oak Street
seanessay.com …Right or left at Oak Street, that’s the choice I make every day And I don’t know which takes more courage, The staying, or the running away… 1969 song by Roy Clark I saw a darn good feature film. I remember when girls wore cloth friendship bracelets, boys had long hair, and they all […]
My Life Was Changed By a Book
seanessay.com One of my favourite bloggers, Derek Sivers, did a piece on four books that changed his life. At the time, I could not clearly remember any, and in my comment I said so. Months later he send by mass email-out a URL for the same blog, and two others, and this time I had […]
Annotated Letters to My Establishment Politician
seanessay.com My old friend “Shawna” once joined the Green Party. Having a good head on her shoulders, the local Greens asked her to run for office. Many years later my friend saw my July piece on Writing to “Right Honourable” Folks, the blog where I said my Member of Parliament (MP) remembered my name… while […]