Public life increasingly demands that we choose a side.
Debates arrive already sharpened. Positions harden quickly. The expectation is not to understand first, but to declare where you stand. In this environment, hesitation looks like weakness and nuance looks like betrayal.
Piggy in the Middle examines what it feels like to stand between these pressures.
The book explores a condition many people recognise but rarely describe. Living in the middle does not mean neutrality or comfort. It often means strain. It means seeing competing truths at the same time, recognising the costs attached to every available position, and refusing the simplicity that slogans demand.
Across a series of essays on subjects such as abortion, free speech, immigration, class pressure, crime, climate, war, and meaning, the book asks what responsibility looks like when public arguments stop producing resolution and start producing exhaustion. Each chapter examines what different sides are trying to protect, where certainty becomes dangerous, and why delay sometimes shifts harm rather than reducing it.
