the story of land ownership takes place all over the world. Looking into Hawai'i (pictured above) will reveal the same patterns many other cultures have experienced throughout the world. I think a lot. Always have. When I was a kid and jumped double-dutch on Ocean Avenue, I couldn't help but wonder what was under the concrete. Funny for a child for whom it has been said was afraid to walk on grass. That makes sense when you realize, like many other city kids, my first life experiences took place inside a carpeted apartment. On my way to school I would always be fascinated by the trees that lined my Brooklyn streets. The ones that ran along Midwood Avenue, following me to school. I often thought about those who were there way before me, way before the way people before me, way before the people way before them. My family always had an interesting relationship to everything around them. As immigrants, they could see U.S. policy from a critical perspective. They witness...