Presently residing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Loren Adams was born in Oklahoma, grew up primarily in California, and lived in twelve states in every region of the U.S. He attended Central Bible College, Springfield, Missouri; Southeastern University, Lakeland, Florida; and University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. Adams earned a B.A. in Secondary Education with English and History minors at Southeastern.
In 1988 he wrote and published REFLECTIONS OF GENERATIONS, a history of American families, and in 1990 REMINISCING WITH GRANDDAD. Adams was editor of the union paper RAZORBACK SCHEME for 3 years, local union president (APWU) for 13 years, and Arkansas APWU Vice-President 5 years – a position he now holds. He works for the U.S. Postal Service and supports its continuance as a common, integral communications and delivery function for the nation.
In 2002 Adams formed the progressive political group AmeriVoice which continues. Loren writes for union publications nationally as well as for The Political Junkie (TPJMagazine) twice monthly.
Adams’ background is foundation to topics including politics, religion, labor and history.
Recent Essays
By Loren Adams – 12.13.2015
Jason remembers his past life. He had died in an auto accident while texting his best friend in 2015. He is reborn in 2021 at the start of the Melt Age during Trump’s first year of his second term. Flashbacks from his former life haunt him – memories he shies from sharing for fear of being ostracized. Community is essential, especially in such a treacherous world spiraling into extinction.
By Loren Adams – 10.11.2015
The initial stage of the 2016 election cycle is upon us, coinciding with Obama’s final year – the lame duck season. This would seem the appropriate time to issue some kind of report card. How Obama is perceived to have performed in office will determine who’s elected next year, no doubt. That’s the significance.
Legacies aren’t finalized for decades in most instances. But to be fair, enough is on record to allow rudimentary evaluation. We don’t have to let the dust settle to draw some conclusions.
By Loren Adams, 04.12.2015
There is another factor -- besides the Republican Party – seldom mentioned as being the murderer’s accomplice of American politics (resulting in the full row of dominoes tumbling down). It is the weakness of the Democratic Party’s upper structure. Yes, the “elite” at the top with its a revolting habit of turning a deaf ear to progressives, unions, and the common grass-roots of the party is as culpable as the oligarch class in polluting American politics to Beijing-smothering levels.