Opinion: Earth’s favored children, part II
The youngest pre-Boomers are now 77 and the youngest pre-World War II children are now 82. In retrospect, that five-year difference in...
Jim Glynn
Jan 12, 2024
Book Talk: Lisa Scottoline, ‘Eternal’
I’m convinced. Lisa Scottoline can write anything and make it outstanding. “Eternal” (2021, 460 pages in paperback format) is historical...
Jim Glynn
Jan 10, 2024
Opinion: Keeping it local
By now, a lot of people have probably broken at least one of their New Year’s resolutions. I quit making them years ago because they...
Tami Jo Nix
Jan 5, 2024
Opinion: Earth’s favored children, part I
Pre-Boomers. Those of us who were born before the post-war explosion of births between 1946 and 1964 may be the last of Earth’s favored...
Jim Glynn
Jan 5, 2024
Book Talk: Tyson, ‘To Infinity and Beyond’
During the past few years, I’ve read four books by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of...
Jim Glynn
Jan 3, 2024
Letters: Thank you, Mr. President
As I read and listen, I conclude that many Americans think that the president somehow controls everything. They can’t explain why. They...
For The Madera Tribune
Jan 3, 2024
Opinion: Closing out 2023
Happy New Year, one and all. The year 2023 is coming to an end, with ‘24 waiting in the wings. It’s going to be another year of being on...
Tami Jo Nix
Dec 29, 2023
Opinion: Yesterday and today
At the end of another year in my long life, I take time to think about how things were when I was growing up and how conditions have...
Jim Glynn
Dec 29, 2023









