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Rethinking Borders
Is a border a line on a map or a wall easily breeched? Or is it something else? Is it a journey?
Jun 29
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George Jensen
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Alas, Substack, Where from Here?
Substack has been a great success, but its greatest innovations may become its greatest limitations.
Jun 16
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George Jensen
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The Danger of Empty Words
Current media empties words of meaning. The vacuum of meaning means that words can become shiny objects that justify terror.
Jun 6
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George Jensen
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May 2025
Dreams of Our Future
It is time for a little dream analysis—at a cultural level. Our collective dreams might reveal something about where we are headed.
May 12
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George Jensen
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The Evangelical Movement: A History of Our New Reality
Kobe du Mez’s "Jesus and John Wayne" can teach us about how we got here. It can also teach us that “here” doesn’t have to be forever.
May 3
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George Jensen
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The Evangelical Movement: A History of Our New Reality
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April 2025
Propaganda, Power, Mimesis, and Community
Propaganda is about fear and safety. It will produce more fear. It never produces more safety.
Apr 27
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George Jensen
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Oat Bran, and the Aristotelian Example
Arguing from example has benefits and problems, as we will see with the example of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
Apr 22
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George Jensen
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Oat Bran, and the Aristotelian Example
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Bureaucracy, State Terror, and Propaganda
We need bureaucracies, but "efficiency" is a tricky word. Just ask the cows on Animal Farm. They're pissed.
Apr 17
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George Jensen
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Words, Words, Words, and Propaganda
When was America great? Apparently, in 1984. As in the 1984 of Orwell’s dystopian future.
Apr 2
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George Jensen
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March 2025
Who’s Your Daddy? The Father and Propaganda
Propaganda establishes a clear hierarchy. At the top, the mythic father.
Mar 23
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George Jensen
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The Real Pronoun Problem
When we hear “we/they” invoked, we have left democratic dialogue and entered propaganda.
Mar 19
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George Jensen
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Propaganda In Our Time
Propaganda is like the air we breathe. To save our democracy, we need to know it and know how to live outside of it.
Mar 14
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George Jensen
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