seanessay.com Of course the Russians themselves would be the best ones to understand Russians. Especially if they have escaped their country-wide jail long enough drop their mental defences and safely reflect. This week I heard a Russian professor on the CBC, who plans to go back when it is safe, and I saw an excellent […]
Russian Leopard has Tattooed Spots
seanessay.com How can you tell when a Russian official is lying? When his lips move. Today I have three Youtube videos from folks more informed than I. In Russia it’s against the law to say “invade” or “war.” Luckily, I am in the land of the free, so I can present today an academic explaining […]
Pronouncing Iran, and Other Letters
seanessay.com Yesterday I wrote three letters, two to a newspaper, one to a radio station. Context: Iran is in the news. Meanwhile, in my province (state) the conservatives, in power forever, suffered a four year loss to the “socialist” New Democratic Party. (NDP) Now the conservatives have been back in power for under four years. […]
Canada Versus the Orcs, 1972
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 […]
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 […]
Making a Difference the Long Hard Way
seanessay.com Two posts ago I was remembering a prime minister’s plan for controlling “wages and prices.” Now I am again feeling middle aged. Down the decades, I have seen how individual writers, on the New York Times bestseller list, can indeed make a difference; it just it takes a while to impact the culture. It […]