"Musings from the Middle" is a collection of thoughts and observations from John Y. Brown III. "Musings from the Middle" came about by happenstance. My good friend Jonathan Miller was launching a blog titled "The Recovering Politician" and needed regular contributors. I wrote a column for the inaugural week and then promised a follow up column every week - and then after missing my first deadline - every two weeks. After missing my new deadline several times, I confided in Jonathan that I felt like I had let him down but had too much going on to meet a regular writing deadline on serious...