Book Talk: James Grippando, ‘The Informant’
After a lengthy hiatus from novels by James Grippando, whose many works are published in 27 languages, I recently “rediscovered” some of...
Jim Glynn
Oct 7, 2025
Commentary: Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week
California’s love affair with unmerited lawsuits targeted at small and minority small business owners is alive and well. So much so that...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 4, 2025
Opinion: China’s long game, part III — China in MENA
In a 2016 issue of Forbes magazine, Helen H. Wang wrote, “The new Silk Roads already have momentum.Earlier last year, Beijing announced...
Jim Glynn
Oct 4, 2025
Letters: They don’t want two sides to get along
First of all, I would to thank and commend John Bowers for his great letter in a recent edition of The Madera Tribune about Charlie Kirk....
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 1, 2025
Letters: By definition, fraud — intentional perversion of the truth
As a critic of High-Speed Rail myself, I really appreciate Jim Glynn’s Opinion pieces; July 12 and August 30 in our Tribune. It is more...
For The Madera Tribune
Oct 1, 2025
Book Talk: Penner, ‘The David Brunelle Series’
In my continuing quest to discover new authors, I came across “Presumption of Innocence” (2012, 226 pages in paperback format), an...
Jim Glynn
Oct 1, 2025
Letters: My final comments on Charlie Kirk
I speak out because what’s happening in our country scares the bejesus out of me. In a recently published letter, I condemned the...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 26, 2025
Opinion: China’s long game, part II — toward global hegemony
The Silk Road. It was the trade route that ran from China to the West during the days of the Roman Empire. In 2013, President Xi Jinping...
Jim Glynn
Sep 26, 2025




