#FreeAssangeNow

Julian Assange is rotting in a UK prison without any charges against him. Former CIA director Mike Pompeo discussed assassinating Assange after the agency was embarrassed by published leaks.

Pompeo has not been charged and the United States is seeking to extradite Assange.

In this interview with Tucker Carlson, Stella Assange, Julian’s wife, advocates for his release.

But What About College?

In this episode of The Tom Woods Show,  Michael Gibson discusses his 1517 Fund. He’s part of a growing movement away from the established educational institutions. The Fund aims to support those who aren’t following the institution-to-career path that has become the modern norm.

This project is one of the concrete ways that “renegade students” have of creating value without accreditation.

“I Hope You Win”

I took this message from Tucker Carlson personally. I’m not through his conversation with Theo Von, but I was inspired by this positivity to return to blogging.

I listen to a lot of podcasts and I’m trying to read more. I’m going to work to share the resources I value. The effort to silence dissident voices (even those as vanilla as Carlson) is a threat to individual thought and I hope to combat it with some “radical” conversations.

We’ve Been Meddling

In this episode of Unregistered, Thaddeus Russell talks US foriegn policy with Gerald Sussman.

I learned a lot. Not least of which was how far back the CIA’s hand-in-glove relationship with corporate media goes. Their involvement in the AFL-CIO was also a revelation to me. I was aware of some of the innumerable regime changes around the globe orchestrated by the US government, but not how far the interventions went.

This is an important listen.

Accident and Surrender: #30DaysOfArtChallenge

Art is crashing into my life. God has rarely been subtle in lighting my journey.

I found another podcast discussing a broad spectrum of art and philosophy. It is one in a series of “accidental” discoveries in recent days.

For the next thirty days I am going to explore art in new ways, with curiosity and a focus on becoming a vehicle for more beauty in the world.