seanessay.com The strange civilian was struggling to speak. “I, har… I.” Jung knew the signs instantly. “He’s had truth-tell, like for interrogations.” The girl said hesitantly, “Yes?” “Look: He’s got the blue lips of oxygen loss, a side effect; the stammer and the quivering lips of the main drug acting; and he may start talking […]
Marxists infest the Prairie Campus
A fellow Albertan, Professor Jordan Peterson, makes an amazing claim: Professors who believe in “postmodernism” and/or “Marxism” (communism) make up much of the humanities faculty. Hard to believe, in this day and age, that professors still believe in Marxism, or in NeoMarxism. Is Peterson mistaken? Maybe not, hence I am reprinting part of my essay […]
Moving Ideals and Ayn Rand
seanessay.com Datelined September 22: “The Chinese government, under his leadership, has started putting the Communist back in the Communist Party, at least to some extent.” (BBC) “Well I really liked this movie when I first saw it as an idealistic, hopeful, spiritual teenager. I watched it again recently and realized what a cynical, skeptical, pessimistic, […]
Male and Female Prologues
seanessay.com Prologue, Mid-afternoon He was walking, not marching, with a soldier-on-the-town amble. Private Jung was wearing one of his two sets of uniform, in the town, only two kilometres from the base. To the right was a bar that surely had some fellow soldiers inside; to his left an Inn, up ahead was a precious […]
Glumly Parsing My Clutter On Posting Day
seanessay.com Hello, it’s posting day, and I’ve got nothing… Except here’s a quote that speaks to me: “Consider what so many younger employees do for relaxation: climb rocks, raft rivers, bike mountains, surf waves, trek in distant locales. … So many come from sheltered backgrounds that the prospect of excitement entices them more than the […]
A Bad, Bad Day, With Comments
seanessay.com I’m having a bad, bad day It’s about time That I get my way From the Despicable Me soundtrack Partly I feel bad today because my body is sick, too sick to attend a nice party tonight. The only productive thing I did today was make some comments on other blogs. My own blog […]