Opinion: California’s energy glut, part II
About two weeks before 2024 ended, the California Public Utilities Commission authorized the fifth and sixth rate hikes for PG&E in the...
Jim Glynn
Jan 18, 2025
Book Talk: Chris Whitaker, ‘The Forevers’
Chris Whitaker is a British author who had me mesmerized with “We Begin at the End” (2020) and “All the Colors of the Dark” (2024). In...
Jim Glynn
Jan 15, 2025
Letters: I know a few things
Watching the casino going up and its location makes me question some things. First thing is traffic flow. How are vehicles going to exit...
For The Madera Tribune
Jan 11, 2025
Opinion: California’s energy glut, part I
Is it possible for a state to produce too much energy? The knee-jerk answer is “No.” But, in reality, California produces far more energy...
Jim Glynn
Jan 11, 2025
Book Talk: Lisa Scottoline, ‘Loyalty’
If Ken Follett’s “The Evening and the Morning” is a prequel to his smash hit “Pillars of the Earth,” then Lisa Scottoline’s “Loyalty”...
Jim Glynn
Jan 8, 2025
Opinion: Spirit animals and birth stones
Many people believe that they have spirit animals. I think these are analogous to guardian angels. Both are believed to protect you from...
Jim Glynn
Jan 7, 2025
Book Talk: Janet Evanovich, 'Dirty Thirty'
As I perused the variety of novels which Amazon.com placed on my monitor, it was like running into an old friend while browsing through...
Jim Glynn
Dec 31, 2024
Opinion: Planning ahead — tariffs and war
Tariff. To at least one person (I’m not a name dropper), this is “the most beautiful word” in the dictionary. A tariff is a surcharge on...
Jim Glynn
Dec 28, 2024




