seanessay.com Never did I think that I’d repeat in my own life the theme of the dark movie Christiane F. A wildly popular film in Germany, the book version was a best seller there. (I enjoyed an English translation) I was disappointed, down the years, at the show not entering American popular culture. I saw […]
Addiction Consequence
seanessay.com No essay this week because of an addiction. No, not something cool like video gaming. … … Sean Crawford In some less happy place June 2022
Sanctions and Controversy
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, […]