Essays on law, leadership, culture, and technology.
[Originally posted to LinkedIn on August 13, 2025 and reposted here for archival purposes.]
This is a law/legal profession/law schools and legal education post, prompted by my conversation yesterday with a group of incoming law students who are going through…
[Originally posted to LinkedIn on September 10, 2025 and reposted here for archival purposes.]
This new LinkedIn article by Ajmail Matin – Pittsburgh suffers from too much extractive landlordism and not enough feedback-driven Pittsburgh-specific investment – hits a lot of…
[Originally posted to LinkedIn on December 16, 2025 and reposted here for archival purposes.]
Certain corners of Pittsburgh jumped for joy, proverbially speaking, reacting to news that Phat Bagel has opened a storefront in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood. Huzzah! “Baked Phresh.…
[Originally posted to LinkedIn on January 14, 2026 and reposted here for archival purposes.]
What’s new? What’s news?
Let me say at the outset that I do not have the answer. I only have a question. This essay is my…
I launched this blog just about 20 years ago (almost to the day!). It’s past time to move on. I’m declaring “victory” in a manner of speaking and starting again. I’m moving to Substack, with a newsletter called…
The following appears online at Postindustrial, a Pittsburgh-based magazine. Postindustrial subscriptions are available here.
By Michael Madison
If your household plumbing is connected to a public sewer system, then once you flush, the water and its contents pass quickly…
The following appears online at Postindustrial, a Pittsburgh-based magazine. Postindustrial subscriptions are available here.
By Michael Madison
Food culture offers an emblem and embodiment of postindustrial transformation. Pittsburgh’s tastes have never been fixed, but the pace of change has…
The following appears in the Fall 2022 issue of Postindustrial, a Pittsburgh-based magazine. The copy isn’t online (yet); if it appears there, I will update this post with the link. Postindustrial subscriptions are available here.
By Michael Madison
So…
The following was published on August 15, 2022 at Postindustrial, a Pittsburgh-based magazine.
By Michael Madison
In mid-July 2022, the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that their stadium, christened “Heinz Field” in a naming rights deal with hometown condiment kings H.J. Heinz…
The following was published on August 15, 2022 at Postindustrial, a Pittsburgh-based magazine.
By Michael Madison
In mid-July 2022, the Pittsburgh Steelers announced that their stadium, christened “Heinz Field” in a naming rights deal with hometown condiment kings H.J. Heinz…
