Category Archives: Project for American Employment & Economic Security
Enter The Boogeyman
“The ability to understand a question from all sides meant one was totally unfit for [...]
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 [...]
Los Angeles County’s Education Catch – 22
I read with little to no amusement an article in Monday’s Los Angeles Times entitled, [...]
Stand With Standing Rock This Thanksgiving
I raged when the London paper, The Guardian, reported several hundred peaceful protesters were injured [...]
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 [...]
My Prayer for Tuesday Morning
For Hillary Rodham Clinton, I pray she return to her conservative Methodist roots that urge [...]
The Working Poor Enter the Workforce
Last week while sitting in the back of a coffee shop, I overheard a young [...]
A Nation Afraid of Its Shadow
Last Friday, the Billy Bush tapes from eleven years ago featuring Donald Trump trash talking [...]
None Dare Call It Class Warfare
I went into “hold the presses” mode after learning about the remarks made by Secretary [...]
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 [...]
Altadena CSD Revisions and Why You Need to Be Concerned
Los Angeles County is attempting to revise the Altadena Community Standards District (CSD) with minimal [...]
How The H1-B Visa Program Hurts American Workers
This is a video we recently completed for a sister organization that at a high [...]
When A Readers Digest Magazine is The Same Age as You!
In couple of days, July 30th to be exact, it will be my fifty-fourth birthday. [...]
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 [...]
Brexit and Beyond
Before and after the votes were tallied for the BREXIT a cacophony of voices sounded lamentation [...]
Ann Coulter Vs. Van Jones at Politicon 2016
On June 25th and 26th, the Pasadena Convention Center played host to the Politicon 2016. [...]
Feeling the Bern in Ventura, California
On a sunny Thursday afternoon presidential candidate Bernie Sanders gave a spirited speech to over [...]
Increased Taxation and Centralized Authority are NOT the answer to homelessness
Both the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors are considering measures [...]
My Version of St. Patrick’s Breastplate
Not all Irish minds turn immediately to thoughts of green beer, celtic music, and limericks [...]
What Will Ultimately Ban Fracking?
I drove by a gasoline station the other day in Pasadena, California, and noticed for the [...]
Happy Labor Day
On this Labor Day I was trying to put together a blog would encapsulate two [...]
In America, Rape is Considered Non-Judicial Punishment
The other week, a sandwich salesman plead guilty to paying under-aged prostitutes for sex. The internet [...]
Defend Diplomacy Support Iran Agreement Rally in Los Angeles California
On August 26th some 60 people gathered in front of Congressman Ted Lieu’s office to [...]
We Are In A Fourth Turning
Two weeks ago I discussed in a blog that we here at IFSPP will be [...]
Interview With Culver City Council Member, Meghan Sahli-Wells
I had the pleasure of sitting down earlier this week and speaking with Culver City [...]
March Against Monsanto Rally – Los Angeles
On Saturday, May 23, 2015 hundreds of Angelenos gathered to stage a rally and march [...]