Opinion: Tips, when and how much?
When we were first going together my late husband, Fred, was extremely tight-fisted with his money. On our first outing, I drove him to...
Tami Jo Nix
Aug 13, 2022
Opinion: Understanding Monkeypox
Monkeypox is one variation in a “family” of poxes. Some are very harmful to human beings; others are benign or relatively benign. To...
Jim Glynn
Aug 13, 2022
Book Talk: Koryta — ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’
Michael Koryta is one of the finest writers of mystery/thriller novels in contemporary America. “Those Who Wish Me Dead” (2014, 392 pages...
Jim Glynn
Aug 10, 2022
Opinion: Freeway toll lane bait-and-switch expands
Traffic rules and traffic jams act as one of the few true equalizers in American life. The rules cover everyone equally, drivers of 1993...
Tom Elias
Aug 10, 2022
‘This mans military,’ — a response from a veteran
Recently, a non-veteran expressed his objection to an earlier article that I wrote about “kneeling during the national anthem.” Everyone...
For The Madera Tribune
Aug 10, 2022
Grieving
Veterans’ Voices is a new column directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this...
For The Madera Tribune
Aug 6, 2022
Opinion: Big box nightmares
This week I visited what I think of as the big Big Box store on Shaw Avenue at State Route 99 in Fresno. As usual, it was a near madhouse...
Tami Jo Nix
Aug 6, 2022
Opinion: R.I.P., Vin Scully — the voice of the Dodgers
In my head, I can hear a 10-year-old boy saying, “Vince Gully died? How can that be? What will the Dodgers do without their announcer?”...
Jim Glynn
Aug 6, 2022









