Melinda Pillsbury-Foster is a columnist for the Iconoclast in Texas and has been involved in many organizations dedicated to enacting positive change for most of her life. How the NeoCons Stole Freedom – and how we can take it back, is the title of her blog. Most of her articles are available there. Pillsbury-Foster was an early member of the Libertarian Party, serving as Southern California Vice Chairman for six terms and on their National Committee. Reregistering Republican again in 1988 she became active in the National Federation of Republican Women as a Regent. She served as 1st Vice President of the NFRW for her county.
Her first book, a lightly fictionalized autobiography, is GREED: The NeoConning of America and was published in 2004, the same year her second book, Tour of Old Yosemite, now on sale in Yosemite Valley, was published. Her other books are collections of her poetry, which is also available on her personal site, Pillsbury-Foster.info.
Pillsbury-Foster is the grand-daughter of Arthur C. Pillsbury and is now working on a formal biography chronicling his life, inventions and work.
Pillsbury-Foster is the mother of six children, one deceased. she is dedicated to leaving a better world for all children.
