seanessay.com Today western powers still can’t supply Ukraine—will they ever?—with enough artillery, while Russia is still slowly advancing, towns are still falling. This while sanctions, both in the 20th century and against Russia today, are still controversial. In our sanctions, should we “draw a line” to protect the innocent? There may be controversy over whether […]
Existing in Exotic London England
seanessay.com I hesitate at essaying about my “tourist in London” life. Having known one or more people who were in the Peace Corps in Africa, or who did the back packing thing in South America, or taught English in East Asia, I notice: Seldom do they explain “social studies” or tell stories, and very seldom […]
Race in London, Repair and Remorse
seanessay.com This morning I was walking in London, once a city of commerce from slave trading. I won’t ask anyone, including me, to feel “white guilt.” There exists, to keep society healthy, a boundary called “the statute of limitations.” At the same time, as my favourite essayist noted, “Every healthy society must demand a little […]
Enjoying Imperialism Like Everybody Else
seanessay.com (over 1,000 words) Still in London, Where the museums of history and art are now explicitly non-racist and non-colonial For you and I, culture persists, AND, culture-wise, we individuals have free will. I’m thinking of imperialism and “male socio-economic class”-ism.” In a long ago college English class, when we took Earnest Hemingway, I said, […]
Anti Autocracy British Museum Beer Musings
seanessay.com If I wanted to have profound thoughts then I would relax with fine British tea, perhaps by a fireplace. Instead I’m only having beer thoughts tonight, within a real English pub: I know it’s real because it has a blue heritage plaque inside. The music is like from my parent’s day. So nice. Pubs […]
Little By Little Does the Trick
seanessay.com If I were raising children (or myself) then I would surely point out the insight gained if the child (or myself) stopped to think of the power of Little By Little. Years ago I was a young soldier. This was after eight tracks and before compact discs, a time when a popular pre “video […]