I have known,for close to half my life…and almost all of my adult life…one man…Ricardo Levins Morales. Though he may not know this…he is most likely the single most influential person in the development of my political understanding of any human being I have ever met. He is a brilliant, gentle, and loving soul. He has taught me how to ask the right questions, formulate good answers, and dig into my own relationship to the way that power is and has been in this world. I love Ricardo. I love Northland, and I mourn its passing.