The cases against the citizens who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol are making their way through the courts....

“Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn’t.” — Forrest Gump Every year, some of the people who became icons of...

2022 is an election year. (I don’t mean to start off the year negatively.) Perhaps we can make positive steps towards a ”more perfect...

Joan Didion, one of America’s great essayists, memoirists, and novelists, died two days before Christmas, 2021. During her life, she was...

Jim Glynn/The Madera Tribune Ragged Inn Resort as seen from the nature trail. Today marks the beginning of a new year, and perhaps we...

As we ease into the third year of the New Roaring 20s, I wish you and yours a Happy 2022! I’ll start with my usual holiday admonishment...

Recently, I read an advertisement for “The Island,” a just-released novel by Ben Coes. The brief blurb informs us that the book is about...

There will be plenty of political battles next year, starting with likely reelection challenges to Gov. Gavin Newsom and similar efforts...