Category Archives: Opinions

Mining the Moon Redux

In Mining the Moon, I connected the Trump administration’s lunar-mining policy [1] to The Expanse and to Frederick Jackson Turner’s frontier thesis – the promise of new worlds opened by the Ring Gates. Would the writers treat these planets as another American frontier, a crucible for expansion and exploitation? The first three episodes of SeasonContinue reading “Mining the Moon Redux”

SELLING AIKIDO 2

Josh Gold is doing a yeoman’s job at keeping Aikido Journal (AJ) both timely and relevant (including an article by our own Mulligan Sensei). Nevertheless, the devaluation of Aikido’s currency is pronounced and continuing. The 2019 (pre-Covid) results of a AJ survey show that the typical Aikidoist is older (81% > 40 years), white, male,Continue reading “SELLING AIKIDO 2”