The elections are over for another cycle, and I will not miss the campaign advertisements clogging up the television airwaves. Some of...

On Tuesday, world population will hit 8,000,000,000. Demographers have been using “billion” as the watershed for population growth since...

“Look at you,” Dad says. “I swear you’re all muscle these days.” Dad could have been addressing either of his daughters, Stella and Ellie...

Halloween has come and gone. Next up is the very important, Election Day. What is referred to as the mid-terms occur two years after the...

Democracy. The word didn’t even exist in the English language until Western Culture was two decades into the sixteenth century. The term...

Lisa Scottoline is one of my all-time favorite writers, whose works I’ve enjoyed for more than two decades. She’s probably best known for...

What do retired teachers mean to Madera County? A lot! After years, sometimes decades, in the classroom giving back to their students,...

Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...