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Letters: You choose, comrade

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) deserve the criticism they receive from Democrats and Republicans. Any American candidate for public office who promotes communism, recommends defunding the Department of Defense, supports

Opinion: How many years do we have left?

Here are two questions that the Institute for Environmental Research and Education (IERE) attempts to answer: How many more years can our planet exist and how many of those years can

Commentary: The killing of bodies — and the killing of minds

Before Americans casually embrace socialism or communism as the answer to America’s problems, we should stop and ask a simple question: What has happened to the people who have actually lived

Book Talk: Greg Isles, ‘Third Degree’

Greg Isles is a best-selling author who was born in Germany but grew up in Natchez, Mississippi. Many of his books are set in his adopted home state. He perpetuates a

Letters: It’s amazing

I’ll tell you, those on the left never cease to amaze me. They continue to do things that prove to me and many others just how un-American they are as they

Opinion: Updates: CAHSRA, Avenal, and more

It’s not unusual for me to come across new information after I’ve written my column about certain subjects. Often it is just a factoid, something about which I can’t write 1,000

Letters: As the nation changed

I was at home in Merced with my wife and two young sons on Sept. 11, 2001. My wife was in the kitchen preparing breakfast while I was in the living

Letters: Learn to survive

Great article by Rick Farinelli. I am 76 years old and remember stories from my grandparents that had family members who were warned to leave Hawaii two weeks before the bombing

Book Talk: Greg Iles, ‘Blood Memory’

Although born in Germany, Greg Iles is really a U.S. Southerner, having been raised in Natchez, Mississippi. He has also joined a tradition of fellow authors as a member of the

Letters: MUSD spends $90k a year on a magazine

Madera community members have long asked why the MUSD “We Believe” magazine is being printed and mailed, and what does it cost the school district? Others wanted to know why it

Opinion: Mosquitoes invade my neighborhood

I walk. Not very far, just around my neighborhood. It is good exercise. I wish that I could state with candor that I walk every day, but often chores, like doing

Commentary: An ounce of evidence

Chuck Wieland’s recent letter, “An Ounce of Prevention,” contains plenty of political insults: “Trump the Whiner,” “Art of the Squeal,” and a “voter suppression bill.” That language may entertain readers who

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