seanessay.com I dimly recall the French, during their revolution, fighting for “liberty, equality, fraternity.” Meanwhile, the American founding fathers insisted on “freedom of association.” But of course every citizen is free to waste their freedom… I thought of folks I could associate with as I viewed this week, at the cheap theatre, the motion picture […]
Russians glum but Joking
seanessay.com Preface In my university not-so-stuffy Latin class, one day, as students entered, I was chuckling to the serious lady next to me. Such fun words in our Latin textbook, such as lycanthrope (werewolf) and one of today’s words, defenestrate. She said earnestly, “I saw that word last night, and I didn’t understand.” Of course […]
Best Secret Reason to Invade Ukraine
seanessay.com As everyone knows, the Russians thought they could occupy Ukraine just as fast as their forces could drive across the country, with girls handing them flowers, as a prelude to installing their own Moscow-leaning puppet government. (Strange to see puppets, on stage, leaning to one side) As for we in the west knowing WHY, […]