In politics, accusations and denials fly back and forth from all parties. This election year is no different. What is different is that...

I read a curious letter by John Bowers that was published in The Madera Tribune on September 4. It contained lots of innuendos,...

We live in California’s breadbasket. Here in the Central Valley, the “heartland” of our state, we produce a large percentage of the food...

I must have been 15 because we hadn’t yet moved to California, and I had “outgrown” my interest in books about dinosaurs. The librarian...

The Kamala group is hailing the Cheney endorsement as a victory. Lets look back at Cheney. CEO of Halliburton. Iraq War. The subsidiary...

As I watched the Olympics during the end of July and beginning of August, I was impressed by the diversity of the European teams. But...

Almost 15 years ago, a TV show debuted called “The Walking Dead.” It was about zombies, and was probably the best show of its kind ever...

During the closing decades of the twentieth century, I read many novels by John Irving: The World According to Garp, The Hotel New...