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 […]
Children see Statues, the Pope sees Sex
seanessay.com Having grown up back west I could identify with a TV episode of Reba, the country singer, who has a daughter in school. The school principal —a woman, since this is the 21st century— tells Reba something like, “In this school we don’t believe sex exists.” Reba replies, “How’s that working out for you?” […]
Cruel Students Who Ignorantly Cancel
seanessay.com Anyone who reads my essays probably takes a grown up interest in the news, and has heard how this summer a 24-year old man tried to murder Salman Rushdie in public, onstage, for a novel published back in the 20th century. I was not surprised to learn that the grown adult who attempted to […]
When Others Meet Others
seanessay.com Here’s an interlude to my blog pause, in which I don’t post an essay, instead posting my comments on someone’s blog regarding a new science fiction novel (link) where the protagonist is between two worlds, like a Canadian being half Metis and half mainstream. Except in the novel war clouds were forming. I tried […]
Doctor Who and I Go Time Traveling
seanessay.com Oh, the things I’ve seen while time traveling from boyhood into my sixties. But first… For over 50 years I’ve been watching, when I can, the British Broadcasting Corporation television series Doctor Who, a show so well regarded that recently news about a change to the cast was on the BBC News website top […]