Why John McCain wasn’t all that much of a hero
John McCain was not a hero. All humans have breaking points. Many men being tortured give confessions, often telling lies so that other...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 8, 2018


History in the Week of Sept. 3
Madera County Historical Society Fifty years ago, Gladys Hunter Wilson reigned as Madera’s Old Timer’s Day queen. She had been a life...
Bill Coate
Sep 8, 2018


Man held in deaths of 2
Courtesy of the Madera Police Department Dejon Walker, 24, was arrested on suspicion of double murder while reportedly being in a...
DJ Becker
Sep 5, 2018
Girl, 7, dies after being hit by boat
A man and a 7-year-old girl were reportedly struck by a boat at Bass Lake around 3 p.m. Monday, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s...
DJ Becker
Sep 5, 2018
Rampage killings: A possible explanation
I’ve searched for a sociological theory to explain mass shootings, like that which occurred in Florida last weekend. The only...
Jim Glynn
Sep 1, 2018
Goodbye, John McCain; you served us well
It was a typically busy Friday lunch at Murphy’s Restaurant, in Prescott, Arizona, at the time the favorite hangout of local poiticians,...
Chuck Doud
Aug 29, 2018


History in the Week of Aug. 26
Madera County Historical Society One hundred years ago, Maderans could drink alcohol only in a bar or their homes. Within two years,...
Bill Coate
Aug 29, 2018
Incel: Can a website incite violence?
I suppose that there has always been a certain percentage of the male population in our culture that has been plagued by a feeling of...
Jim Glynn
Aug 18, 2018









