Category Archives: Economy
James Howard Kunstler Talks Current Events From Comey to Syria to Zuckerberg
I had the pleasure to sit down with James Howard Kunstler, author of such notable [...]
Are Teacher Strikes a Growing Trend?
America is in a new “gilded age”, only without the mass child labor. We are [...]
Trump’s New Budget Would Gut American Institutions
President Trump’s new budget proposal, released February 12, includes measures to end federal funding for [...]
California Dystopia: No Man’s Farmland
Those of us who live in California and oppose illegal immigration are often met with [...]
Ancient Origins of Socialism and the Progressive Movement
Progressives have always moved society forward, for better or worse. It has always been the [...]
Putting a Trillion Into Perspective
The is our take on Charles Hugh Smith’s (oftwominds.com) perpective on how to visualize the [...]
Should We Question Fair Trade?
The other day my wife and I had the morning off together – a rare [...]
Will Bitcoin Boom Spell Environmental Gloom?
For the longest time, Bitcoin, the Internet’s largest cryptocurrency, slowly puttered along as essentially a [...]
Washington is The New Versailles
In the dead of night, democracy died with a whimper. Withered husks of humanity, driven [...]
SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
This poem was written by W.H. Auden in 1939, a little over 77 years ago. [...]
Hooray for Hollywood Part 2
As we noted in our prior article on the latest round of Hollywood sex scandals, Harvey [...]
Hooray For Hollywood!
My family has lived in Southern California long before the movies arrived here. “THE INDUSTRY” [...]
California Dystopia Pt. 1
I was born the fifth generation of my family in Southern California sixty years ago. [...]
Why America Needs a Student Debt Jubilee
Student loan debt is a nationwide disaster. There is currently over 1.4 trillion dollars of [...]
Politicon Panel 2017 Discussions & Debates
See our in depth interviews during Politicon 2017 See our impromptu / on the street [...]
Let The Games Begin
Dear fans of CFPUP, If you go to the Politicon website (www.politicon.com) and click on [...]
Understanding Cryptocurrencies – An Interview w/Bryan of PIVX
On July 21st IFSPP sat down with Bryan SNAPPY of PIVX and we discussed the [...]
Updating Mencken – The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same
I had been agonizing over current national and international events this weekend and found myself in [...]
Reality Is Not An Option Panel
This summit brought together an amazing panel that consisted of John Michael Greer, James Howard [...]
The Irony of 21st Century Retail Development
So, a week ago I was driving up to the Barnes & Noble in Lancaster, [...]
How Citizens of Los Angeles Should Vote On Measures H and S
This coming Tuesday, March 7th, the citizens of Los Angeles will be voting on a [...]
Progressive Protectionism – Finding Common Ground
Reprinted with Permission of Progressives For Immigration Reform The term protectionism as it is generally [...]
It May Still Be The Economy – BUT!
Several surveys of voters and likely voters conducted anywhere from a day to several months [...]
OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT ELECT DONALD J. TRUMP
Dear Mr. President Elect Trump: Congratulations on your recent election victory. Yours was a fascinating [...]
Kevin Discusses H1-B Visas and Discrimination with Donna Conroy
Donna Conroy of Bright Future Jobs shares the “secret” behind the abuses done to white [...]
Don’t Blame it on Rio, Too Few Resources, Too Many People And the Road to LA
Last Friday evening I pulled into a bar to watch the opening ceremonies of 2016 [...]
How The H1-B Visa Program Hurts American Workers
This is a video we recently completed for a sister organization that at a high [...]
Ventura California’s 4th of July PUSH EM PULL EM Parade
Ventura’s 4th of July Street Fair continued its proud 41-year-old tradition today with its PUSH [...]