seanessay.com It’s my blog anniversary, I’ve crafted 250 essays, hurray! Time to reflect. Why would a plain working-world guy like me write essays? And why do university student write them? In this exciting new decade, why wouldn’t we all just use Artificial “Intelligence” to write things for us? A retired professor’s blog, Orange Crate Art, […]
How Extremist Liberals Make Me Gnash My Teeth
seanessay.com I imagine an “Extremist Liberal” (not you or I) thinking the reason for the old 12-mile limit, for territorial waters, was that countries had calmly, from a sense of fairness, agreed on what would be a proper limit for lobster traps, fishing stocks and so forth—Nonsense! The range of a shore defence cannon was […]
A Human Blind Spot for Social Media, Reporters, and Trump
seanessay.com What a gift the gods would gee (give) us, To see ourselves as others see us Robbie Burns I believe, dear reader, that just as individuals can have blind spots, mental defences and denial, so too can communities and entire nations. In Britain, riots have continued for days, sparked by social media, while no […]
Drinking Wine Amongst Gorgeous Olympians
seanessay.com Tonight I was at a long table among Olympians. Remember when a local boy won a medal in boxing and then went on to become not a “sports professional” but a lawyer? Willie deWit, now a Justice of the Court of King’s Bench, is living out the old “have a well rounded life” ideal […]
The Reason the US of A is Polarized
seanessay.com So many folks are distressed and bewildered, deploring the recent increasing hatred and polarization in United States politics… while I am feeling a tad silly to say that your humble senior citizen here knows a big part of the reason—maybe even the sole reason. This bizarre new intolerance has only manifested for the last […]
Free Fall Hurtling into Poppies
seanessay.com The joy of Fee Fall Writing is not how well one writes, but whether, while hurtling to the ground, one can write at all. Writing prompt- A tarot card marked “success” Jeez I wish I had more success. My fellow essayist George Orwell said, “Everyman’s life, seen from inside, is a series of defeats.” […]