seanessay.com My dear mother was born in Vancouver, to a deaf and mute father, and a deaf and blind mother. Two younger siblings. For a while, as a teenager, I lived in Grandma’s basement suite. We talked by the manual alphabet spelling on her hand, where the five finger tips were the five vowels. I […]
A Citizen’s Parody Comedy Conduit Post
seanessay.com Today I feel like posting a comical conduit post. Remember when the Internet was new? When newspapers would run reviews of web sites for people to look at? Soon blogs appeared that might be divided into two types: destination blogs, such as my essays, and conduit blogs, where those who found the site were […]
A Reservoir of Racism: The Reckoning
seanessay.com David Frum once hesitated when asked a question. A former White House staffer, Frum explained that his answer, once given, would then seem so obvious that Frum would look stupid for “stating the obvious.” I forget the specific question to Frum, but today I face a similar plight regarding racism. Such is the lot […]