Letters: Blocking Trump’s efforts
I have to admit that we are living in some very troubling times. But a lot of the trouble is being caused by the Democrat party’s efforts...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 13, 2025
Opinion: In the post-AI world — what will we do?
“I am a warrior so that my son may be a merchant so that his son may be a poet.” — John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United...
Jim Glynn
Sep 13, 2025
Book Talk: Atwood, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
During the past few months, I’ve seen many references to Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” (1984, 311 pages in softcover format)....
Jim Glynn
Sep 10, 2025
Opinion: AI in the super market
When I was sixteen and seventeen, I was a carry-out boy for Lucky Stores in Palo Alto. But three months before I turned 18, I graduated...
Jim Glynn
Sep 6, 2025
Remembering Hurricane Katrina
Twenty years ago, shortly after Hurricane Katrina, I went home to visit my family. At this time, I had already been a Maderan for 10...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 3, 2025
Book Talk: Scottoline, ‘Running from the Law’
Aside from being a great read, Lisa Scottoline’s “Running from the Law” (2022, 448 pages in hardback format) is an excellent guide on how...
Jim Glynn
Sep 3, 2025
Letters: Madera’s ‘National monument’
There is not a world record pothole. I looked it up. I have several on my road that are big and bigger. One, I stepped off as 8 feet by 6...
For The Madera Tribune
Aug 30, 2025
Opinion: Death of a high-speed dream?
The story, as reported in last Friday’s edition of CALMATTERS, begins with a photograph of huge towers outside the city of Hanford. It is...
Jim Glynn
Aug 30, 2025




