Book Talk: The Girl from Silent Lake
When I started this column several weeks ago, I wrote that I was looking for new authors while reviewing some recent works by my favorite...
Jim Glynn
Nov 17, 2021
Opinion: Football players acting badly
It seems almost every time I sit in front of an empty screen, “I don’t get it,” pops in my head. This time it is the National Football...
Tami Jo Nix
Nov 13, 2021
Opinion: U.S. global reputation
In a report issued this month, the Pew Research Center has found that the global reputation of the United States has changed dramatically...
Jim Glynn
Nov 13, 2021
Opinion: When ideology collides with reality
There can be few better examples of ideologically convinced politicians running head-on into reality than a new California law known in...
Tom Elias
Nov 10, 2021
Letters: An open letter to Jim Costa
Mr. Congressman, Please take this letter personal. Our country is at the edge of sliding into Socialism. You are smart enough to see this...
For The Madera Tribune
Nov 10, 2021
Book Talk: The thief as investigator
What do you do when you’ve been raised by your Irish immigrant grandfather to be a crook? Dono (Donovan) Shaw taught Van (Donovan, named...
Jim Glynn
Nov 10, 2021
Opinion: Fall back
At 2 a.m. Saturday the near nationwide psychosis known as Daylight Saving Time will come to an end for another year. The two states where...
Tami Jo Nix
Nov 6, 2021
Opinion: Lawlessness — another new normal
Portland, Oregon. Late last month, about 100 people engaged in riot behavior in downtown Portland, Oregon. Some of them started fires in...
Jim Glynn
Nov 6, 2021









