Letters: In Charlie’s own words
Political assassinations are not uncommon. They happen often and always have. But every so often, every once-in-a-solar-flare, an...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 23, 2025
Book Talk: Paul Levine, ‘Early Grave’
This is the fifteenth novel in the court/thriller series, featuring Jake Lassiter. I’ve read most of the books over the years, not paying...
Jim Glynn
Sep 23, 2025
Letters: Only in America
I knew nothing of Charlie Kirk when he became another victim of senseless American political violence. The announcement that President...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 20, 2025
Opinion: China’s long game, part I — buying America’s farmland
Several years ago, I wrote about the Four Tigers of Asia: Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea. They were the countries that...
Jim Glynn
Sep 20, 2025
What’s the truth?
There has been some disturbing news over the past couple weeks. It’s not really unusual for us to hear disturbing news. Every day there...
Nancy Simpson
Sep 20, 2025
Book Talk: Atwood, The Testaments
Thirty-five years after Margaret Atwood’s blockbuster, The Handmaid’s Tale, was published, Ms. Atwood wrote the prequel/sequel, The...
Jim Glynn
Sep 17, 2025
Letters: In response to Charlie Kirk assassination
I and countless millions of Americans are maddened, disgusted, appalled, horrified and saddened by the assassination of one of America’s...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 17, 2025
Charlie Kirk brought his message close to home
Christian activist Charlie Kirk, who just last week was in the South Valley speaking at an event at Visalia First Church, was killed in a...
Bill Coate
Sep 17, 2025




