Jim Glynn
Opinion: Some data have big outcomes
In some countries, population is shrinking; in others, a significant proportion of live births are to mothers between the ages of 15 and...
Tami Jo Nix
Opinion: Innovations and science fiction
A little more than a year ago we lost our fearless leader, publisher and owner, Chuck Doud. Those of us left behind have done our best to...

Jim Glynn
Opinion: Welcome to the Metaverse, I guess
Jim Glynn/The Madera Tribune Ragged Inn Resort as seen from the nature trail. Today marks the beginning of a new year, and perhaps we...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: Best inventions of the year
Time’s current magazine issue features a 30-page spread on “The Best 100 Inventions of 2021.” The entire article, by seven staff writers...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: The pre-Christmas jitters
In just four days, the Seasonal Terrorist will sneak into many American homes. This is a relatively new panic-provoking phenomenon. It...


Bill Coate
The mail had to go through
Courtesy of the Madera County Historical Society In this photograph taken on May 19, 1938, Madera postmaster E.V. Murphy hands a sack of...
Jim Glynn
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...
Tom Elias
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...