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November 4, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Book Talk: Margolin, ‘The Perfect Alibi’

Except for identical twins, a person’s DNA is unique. No two individuals can have the same arrangement and frequency of the A, C, G, and...
October 28, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Book Talk: Bram Stoker, ‘Dracula’

Happy Halloween to all of you with blood-pumping hearts. ‘Tis the season to be nervous. That chill running down your spine is not caused by...
October 24, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Opinion: Gen Z Coming to Central Valley

Young people are moving out of Los Angeles because of the high cost of housing, commuting problems, lack of opportunities, and general cost of living....
October 21, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Downing, ‘Too Old for This’

Samantha Downing in now an international best seller. However, just seven years ago, she was a hobbyist writer. Like me, she wrote books for her...
October 17, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Opinion: Educating the few for the future

Our system of education, like most everything else about modern society, developed as a result of the Industrial Revolution that occurred about 250 years ago...
October 14, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Book Talk: Steve Martini, ‘The Jury’

Beautiful former African American model Kalista Jordan has joined Professor David Crone’s research team at the university. She has a Ph.D. from Stanford in molecular...
October 10, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Opinion: Choosing one’s life’s work

There are two tough decisions for today’s high-school seniors: Should I go to college, and what should I choose for my major? Let me get...
October 7, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Book Talk: Greg Iles, ‘True Evil’

All partnerships fail in the end, just like marriages. The only life after death any human being will ever know is staying in a marriage...
October 3, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Opinion: 2-year colleges, 4-year degrees

Two years ago, I wrote a couple of columns offering my opinion that the state-supported, public, two-year colleges should not be called community colleges, city...
September 30, 2026 • Jim Glynn

Book Talk: Lisa Scottoline, ‘After Anna’

The twists, which come late in the book, surprised me, and I’ve been reading murder mysteries for more than half a century. I can usually...

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