Opinion: Christmas 2021
Christmas is upon us. The holiday observances this weekend are Christmas Eve Friday, Christmas Day Saturday, Kwanza Sunday and Boxing Day...
Tami Jo Nix
Dec 25, 2021
Opinion: Another sucky Christmas
Oh no! Another sucky Christmas. But at least it’s not the worst that we’ve ever had. Last Christmas, we had to deal with a potentially...
Jim Glynn
Dec 25, 2021
Opinion: Appeals court tries to gut tough consumer law
California’s ballot initiative process has never been more effective or beneficial to voters (who are also utility customers) than since...
Tom Elias
Dec 22, 2021
Book Talk: Baldacci’s not-so ‘Simple Genius’
Simple Genius (2007, 420 pages) is Book #3 in David Baldacci’s King and Maxwell series. I believe that any of the three books that I’ve...
Jim Glynn
Dec 22, 2021
Opinion: The mathematics of Christmas
As much as I like words with the letter “X,” in them, this year I have quit using Xmas, for the more traditional Christmas. There are so...
Jim Glynn
Dec 18, 2021
Opinion: Consider the gift of a book
Need a last-minute Christmas gift? Consider a book. I’ve been writing a weekly book review column for the past few months, and I choose...
Tyler Takeda
Dec 18, 2021
Letters: Looking forward to the rebirth
As we stumble into the religious holidays of the next few months, I couldn’t help but wonder whether American conservatism could be...
For The Madera Tribune
Dec 15, 2021
Book Talk: ‘The Judge’s List’ is lethal
In his current best-seller, “The Judge’s List” (2021, 357 pages), John Grisham reintroduces us to Lacy Stoltz, the judicial investigator...
Jim Glynn
Dec 15, 2021









