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Letters: Measure (T)? Vote no
We got snookered on Measure (A) in the 90’s. Instead of roads for Madera County, we got a Highway 41 Bridge over the San Joaquin. Did it...
Jim Glynn
Book Talk: Levine, ‘Kill All the Lawyers’
“Kill All the Lawyers” (2006, 352 pages) is the third offering in Paul Levine’s “Solomon vs. Lord” series, possibly a homage to the...
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Letters: Real opportunity in November
The Senate seat left by Feinstein, to me, is the most important race in this coming election. Steve Garvey is running against Adam...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: Is the U.S. truly a Democracy?
Democracy. It was a novel idea in 1776. However, the system existed about 2,500 years ago in Athens. At the time, the Athenian leader...
Jim Glynn
Book Talk: Lockhart, ‘We Were Liars’
The Sinclair family is different. It is part of the American oligarchy. The lives of the family members typify “old money,” steeped in...
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Letters: Best thing that ever happened to me
I recently read an article in our hometown newspaper posthumously honoring three longtime Maderans; two native Maderans and a third here...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: Have we created a Gerontocracy?
Gerontocracy is a form of social organization in which old men control society. The Greeks were among the first people to embrace this...
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Letters: Things have got to change
Did you know that we (California) are $73 billion dollars in debt? Yes, Gov. Gavin Nuisance has allowed our state to become destitute;...