seanessay.com My niece, two decades ago, asked me, “Uncle, what’s a communist?” The girl was innocent about the Reds smothering free thought over a quarter of the globe: Just as certain adult well meaning liberals are today. As an American philosopher would say—Looking at you, Germany—those who forget the history of Russian Orcs are condemned […]
Germans, Ukraine and a Jewish Lady
seanessay.com No good essay writing today As you know, many governments keep reserves of oil and gas. Someone told me that the German reserve reservoirs were swapped to the Russians for stuff in Siberia, and that this happened AFTER Russia annexed Crimea! The Russians are no dummies, they depleted Germany’s reserves to almost nothing. Now […]
Angry At Apple
seanessay.com I’m not angry with Apple, any more that I’d fight with the Russians in Ukraine. But I’d fight against the Russians, and I’m feeling angry at Apple. I was at the Apple Store, in the “mall,” in the late afternoon today. (Called “Chinook Centre”) It’s Tuesday. I knew from my recent visit that you […]
Mommy, What did You do in the Ukraine War?
seanessay.com “Remember kids, nobody brave or honest believes anything the Kremlin says… Unlike the Russians, even the boy who cried wolf at least told the truth once.” Today, I quote someone with more soul than I. He was in the peacetime German army, when Germany was a democracy, and later fought for Kosovo’s freedom against […]
A Near Senior’s Stressful Flight Booking
seanessay.com I thought I was safe, my jet tickets and hotel all fully paid for. “Paid for” is important, because right after my next trip, early next year, I will officially become a starving pensioner, like my friends. … I may well have my last ever trip by air. With Trudeau as our prime minister, […]
Ideas, Things and People
seanessay.com The progression goes: Most folks talk about people, fewer talk about things, fewer still talk about ideas. People David Gazard I see have some blog hits from Australia. In my late middle age, I am remembering: That’s where my university student newspaper editor, David Gazard, went to live. Turns out the “journalism ecology” there, […]