Democratic Vistas
George JensenA berserker's guide to American politics and culture.
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Elizabeth Holmes, Slippery Truth, and Democracy
Holmes with Biden, in front of empty signifiers.
It’s hard to watch You Can See Everything and leave it in the theater. People want to discuss it—passionately. Even during the film, the audience emotes. People scream “fuck you” and “asshol...
Elizabeth Holmes, Pablo Torre, and Democracy
Elizabeth Holmes, the Avatar
I recently watched You Can See Everything (2026) at a Friday matinee, in a vintage theater that usually screens classics or art films. I was expecting to be in a near-empty theater, me and maybe a half-dozen ot...
Baudrillard, Philosophy, and Life
I will begin with a confession. I am a middling intellectual without prodigous gifts. I come from a working-class background, and I have struggled to overcome an entire complex of bougie-ass ideas, with moderate success and, I am sure, a pl...
The Limits of Madisonian Democracy
Photo by The New York Public Library on Unsplash
In recent posts, I have been writing about Homer’s Odyssey and Nolan’s film, and I have ended up here—writing about democracy, leadership, and the democratic self. It seems like I keep endin...
The Odyssey, Identity, and Failures in Leadership
Plutarch and Homer. I don’t know why AI has Plutarch sniffing his finger.
We typically use the word identity without much thought. We assume we have one. We assume others have one. But we rarely think about what it is or how it comes to ex...
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George Jensen is a Professor Emeritus, Department of Rhetoric and Writing, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He has published articles and books on a wide range of topics, most recently on the ethics of nonfiction.
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