Middling.Industries

American Equality Versus Equity

May 5, 2019May 5, 2019

Part of the American ethos is to promote the survival of the fittest. As a capitalist nation, we extend Darwinian values into our social fabric by celebrating the biggest and...

Personal

Who Will Be Our Sea Peoples?

April 28, 2019July 13, 2019

The stories that survived – from thousands of years ago – are sweeping, and sometimes very personal. We’re reminded by Ammurapi’s undelivered clay tablet plea that real people existed 3,200 years ago, who harbored hopes and dreams just as we do today. The distance of time and lack of written records separates us from ancient people, but it does not make us very different from them.

Cities

Eight American Cities in Eight Days: Some Observations

April 21, 2019April 21, 2019

My son, Nicolas, loved climbing rocks in Central Park. My wife and I loved that it was an easily accessible respite from the city. This year for Spring Break, my...

American Politics

The Emotion Of Election Night Parties

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019

https://youtu.be/gWvukNpDjBk Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Chicago's Treasurer-Elect comes to the stage cheered by her supporters on Election Night, April 2, 2019. She might have done a funky line dance with her sorority...

American Politics Cities

Five Reasons Chicago’s Coming Election Will Indicate America’s Future

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019

Chicago mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle. Credit: Mike Fourcher and WBEZ Unless you’re a local, American mayoral elections can seem provincial and quaint. “How could a contest for...

American Politics

For Chicago: Preckwinkle For Mayor, Conyears-Ervin For Treasurer

March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

Embed from Getty Images There’s truism about politics: campaigning and governing are totally different skills, and just because you’re good at one, doesn’t mean you’re good at the other. Campaigning...

Foreign Report

Four Non-Americans’ Views of America

March 24, 2019March 24, 2019

University of Wisconsin-Madison's Bascom Hall. You can study here and get smart, but you can't stay. (Credit: Richard Hurd/Flickr) Listening to non-American friends living overseas, the United States seems like...

American Politics

Can America Be A Welcoming Country Again?

March 17, 2019March 25, 2019

The Statue of Liberty and downtown Manhattan. (Credit: EAS ART/Flickr) A successful man in his early 40’s, working in an industry he loves, Faisal Siddiqui is the first to tell...

Foreign Report

Four Reports From Abroad

March 11, 2019March 17, 2019

The American consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. (From NBC News) For Americans living overseas, the rest of the world’s reality is difficult to escape, since they’re swimming in it daily. I...