Chuck Doud
Let’s see ... comparing Randa Jarrar and Barbara Bush
A person whose accomplishments have been few and far between showed earlier this month that if her brains were dynamite, she wouldn’t...
Jim Glynn
John Muir Day and Earth Day combine
Today is John Muir Day in both Scotland, where he was born, and the United States. By a happy coincidence, tomorrow is Earth Day 2018....
Tami Jo Nix
Showing up on time
I have a great character flaw, I am unable to be on time. My countermeasure, however, is that I do early better than anyone you ever met....
Bill Coate
History in the Week of April 15
Madera County Historical Society Richard Curtis Jay, shown here in his band uniform, was Madera’s first mortician and an early county...
Tami Jo Nix
Getting caught and embarrassing the nation
Our president is in a truckload of trouble. According to the national news, he may have had a relationship with a woman, not his wife,...
Jim Glynn
Fight of the century: Biden v. Trump
“They asked me if I’d like to debate this gentleman, and I said ‘no.’ I said, ‘If we were in high school, I’d take him behind the gym and...
For The Madera Tribune
The Olympic Games and Rudyard Kipling
“East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet …” — Rudyard Kipling, The Ballad of East and West So goes the familiar...
Chuck Doud
What some will do to save on gas
I don’t know about you, but I have been hearing a lot about the market lately (the stock market, not the super market), about how the...
