Yamada sensei died January 15, 2023. As the head of the United States Aikido Federation, Yamada sensei was a guardian sponsor to my instructors. His generosity helped Portland Aikikai flourish and allowed both Mulligan and Okamoto sensei to invite whomever would benefit the students and continue to grow the art. Therefore, we trained with ChibaContinue reading “YOSHIMITSU YAMADA”
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World Happiness
I was never overly impressed with self-reported happiness indices and country rankings, until I read this 2022 working paper by Blanchflower and Bryson. The paper still uses self-reported data but this time, they add the negative dimensions of personal experience to tabulate a net happiness score. Combining data on around four million respondents from theContinue reading “World Happiness”
Murray Rothbard
Liberty In Our Time – YouTube channel on libertarian authors A History of Money and Banking in The United States The American Economy and the End of Laissez-Faire (1870 to WW2), lectures delivered by Murray Rothbard
Protective Arts 