Opinion: China’s long game, part III — China in MENA
In a 2016 issue of Forbes magazine, Helen H. Wang wrote, “The new Silk Roads already have momentum.Earlier last year, Beijing announced...
Jim Glynn
Oct 4


Students turn out for annual volunteer effort
For The Madera Tribune Madera Unified Leadership Students volunteer at the Madera Animal Shelter during the annual District Day of...
Tyler Takeda
Jan 26
Opinion: California’s energy glut, part II
About two weeks before 2024 ended, the California Public Utilities Commission authorized the fifth and sixth rate hikes for PG&E in the...
Jim Glynn
Jan 18
Opinion: California’s energy glut, part I
Is it possible for a state to produce too much energy? The knee-jerk answer is “No.” But, in reality, California produces far more energy...
Jim Glynn
Jan 11
Letters: Needless losses
Several times a year, we lose power out here. Very seldom is it weather related. It is mostly birds of prey, shorting out the service and...
For The Madera Tribune
Nov 9, 2024
Opinion: Refiners win latest round; accountability could be coming
The cheating, price-gouging refiners who produce most California gasoline have won another round. Average prices per gallon have fallen...
Tom Elias
Sep 7, 2022
Book Talk: Michael Koryta, ‘Rise the Dark’
Michael Koryta’s “Rise the Dark” (2016, 445 pages in paperback edition) is the sequel to “Last Words,” which I reviewed last week. Aside...
Jim Glynn
Jun 8, 2022
Opinion: Doubt removed, oil refiners gouging us
There was some room for doubt back in February, when gasoline prices rose precipitously: Until the oil companies who refine most...
Tyler Takeda
May 28, 2022