Opinion: Anti-Vaxxers are morally bankrupt
For years, anti-vaccination activists have demonstrated against laws compelling schoolchildren to be inoculated against diseases like...
Tom Elias
Sep 11, 2019
Opinion: Legal pot grows more popular, dangers disregarded
Billboards offering home delivery of legal marijuana decorate the streets of every major city in California. Licensed pot shops sporting...
Tom Elias
Aug 14, 2019
Opinion: A ‘heated’ subject for discussion
I ran across some climate change news a few days ago, which is this: The National Press has committed itself to reporting the news of the...
Chuck Doud
Jul 31, 2019


Chowchilla’s Ron Moore is heading back to space
For The Madera Tribune Chowchilla’s Ron Moore will venture back into space with his new show “For All Mankind.” Apple gave the green...
For The Madera Tribune
Jun 1, 2019
Opinion: Similar causes for anti-vax, anti-Semite plagues
At first glance, there appears to be no relation between two plagues now affecting California and much of America: the return of measles...
Tom Elias
May 29, 2019
Opinion: A million species — count ’em and see
Maybe you read or heard the story recently about how, before too long, unless we do something about it, more than a million species will...
Chuck Doud
May 11, 2019
Fashion trend confusion and peering into the future
The holidays have come and gone for another year. We are still mourning the loss of dear Mrs. Doud. Her struggle with Cystic Fibrosis is...
The Madera Tribune
Jan 12, 2019
PETA: Does a Bavarian spit in the Black Forest?
Here we go again. Regular readers of this column know that I have a number of pet peeves, one of which is our obsession with political...
Jim Glynn
Dec 15, 2018









