James Preston Allen

If You Have a Hammer, Every Problem Begins to Look Like a Nail

By James Preston Allen, Publisher Our fertile subconscious minds conjure up curious images to deal with unresolved conflicts. A friend…

10 years ago

The Changing of the Guard

Change is inevitable but does it really mean we’re moving forward? By James Preston Allen, Publisher It seems the more…

10 years ago

California Dreaming

From Booms to Busts, the Optimists are Always Searching for the Gold By James Preston Allen, Publisher At a meeting…

10 years ago

Connecting the Dots

Between the Waterfront, Minimum Wage, Homelessness, Free Trade By James Preston Allen, Publisher   So, one day, this guy walks…

10 years ago

The Great Homeless Debate

Whack-a-mole enforcement in a city spending $87 million on policing the homeless, and no solution in sight By James Preston…

10 years ago

Taking Sides

We Can Be Pro-Business and Pro-Labor By James Preston Allen, Publisher   I recently found myself involved in a very…

10 years ago

The Law of Unintended Consequences Part II

James Preston Allen, Publisher The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. —Finley Peter…

11 years ago

The Persistence of Memory

Nostalgia for a Past that No Longer Exists By James Preston Allen, Publisher Nostalgia hangs over this harbor area like…

11 years ago

Fractured Perspectives

From the Waterfront to Gaffey Street and Beyond James Preston Allen, Publisher   I am thinking today about the famous…

11 years ago

Bias in the Corporate Media: What goes unreported when discussing labor on the waterfront

By James Preston Allen, Publisher After nine months of negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific…

11 years ago