John Carlisle

3 weeks ago | freep.com | John Carlisle

In Hamtramck, nothing ever stays the same. There is no place like Hamtramck. This little island of two square miles in the middle of Detroit used to be so Polish that it once was known as "Little Poland." It was so Polish that the Pope himself once took a detour just to visit here. Then, everything changed. Waves of immigrants poured into this tiny enclave — from Eastern Europe, from Asia, from the Middle East — swiftly transforming it into America's first majority Muslim city.

3 weeks ago | freep.com | John Carlisle

In a short span of time, immigrants flooded this blue-collar town. And things would never be the same. Columnist John Carlisle and photojournalist Ryan Garza spent a year exploring the cultural evolution of Hamtramck. Hamtramck, a town of about 2 square miles, sits like an island in the middle of Detroit. In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the man reached up and pulled away a scarlet cloth, revealing unto the people a sign. It was a cold day, late in winter.

1 month ago | thetimesherald.com | John Carlisle

UBLY — There’s little in these flatlands to hinder the winds that were blowing hard across the fallow farms, past the scattered barns and the leafless trees, and into the open doorway of the cold, dark building where David McDonald stood alone. It was Monday, the day for his weekly stop at the Ten Cent Horse Barn Museum, which he runs by himself, and to see whether any mail came to its box at the post office, which doesn’t often happen.

1 month ago | freep.com | John Carlisle

UBLY — There’s little in these flatlands to hinder the winds that were blowing hard across the fallow farms, past the scattered barns and the leafless trees, and into the open doorway of the cold, dark building where David McDonald stood alone. It was Monday, the day for his weekly stop at the Ten Cent Horse Barn Museum, which he runs by himself, and to see whether any mail came to its box at the post office, which doesn’t often happen.

2 months ago | nowthenmagazine.com | John Carlisle

On 28 April at the Festival of Debate, I’m hosting Public Finance Black Hole - The Big Lie. We’ll explore how dangerous and inaccurate myths about the way government finances work have held us back as a society, and caused inequality to skyrocket. Let me explain a little about how I came to the subject. I came to the UK to live permanently in 1970, after being away for four years. When I finally got my UK citizenship in 1982 I was so proud. But England was not the country I had left in 1966.