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FMM 8 11 2023 The Price of Greatness
“We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.” ~ Stewart Udall. The year after Jamaica attained Independence from the colonial power of Britain, my father bravely (with his entire family and all our worldly goods) took us across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean island of Jamaica. I was the youngest, so I had very […]
FMM 6 19 2020 Downpressor Man
“To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.” ~ John Henrik Clarke’ We keep saying these are strange times. But are they? Over ten years ago I was getting ready to travel to Jamaica for a week of high school reunion activities. I had […]
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