I introduced this column on Sept. 15, 2021, and critiqued four books by a new author, Joe Ide. Now Ide has surprised me with a new...

Gravy by the Slice has been missing from this spot for a while. It’s probably not too hard to figure out why. Fred’s death has left me...

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune The Fresno River bed. I would like to commend the city manager, Arnoldo Rodriguez, our mayor, city...

Average American citizens have little power when they have a complaint against the corporate giants that provide many of our goods and...

To veterans, the loved ones of the fallen, current service members and their families, it is Independence Day. On July Fourth, we...

Prohibition! It was a piece of federal legislation (The Volstead Act) and a Constitutional Amendment (Amendment XVIII) that turned...

California has long had a major role in national affairs, often defined by personalities as disparate as Earl Warren, Richard Nixon,...

When I decided to make Madera my home 22 years ago, I knew two things about the city: the people were the friendliest of any city that...