Jim Glynn
If the unimaginable happens
When I was in elementary school, we had a daily drill that was called “duck and cover.” We’d get under our desks, knit the fingers of our...
Bill Coate
Years ago in Madera for the week of Sept. 24
Madera County Historical Society The Madera High School Marching Band was one of many entries in the Old Timers Day Parade 25 years ago....
Chuck Doud
Editor's Corner: Don’t cater to Rocket Man
President Trump’s threat to North Korea during his speech this week before the United Nations upset a lot of liberals, but they would be...
Bill Coate
Years ago in Madera for the week of Sept. 17
Madera County historical Society Twenty-five years ago, Masonic Lodge Grand Master Stan Cazneaux conducted a ceremony dedicating the...
Bill Coate
Years ago in Madera for the week of Sept. 10
Madera County Historical Society The national champion pep and cheer squad from Madera High School received a special and unexpected...
Chuck Doud
Editor's Corner: 9/11 — a reminder that wars aren’t over
Today the nation observes Patriots Day along with memorializing the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States by the al Qaeda...
Jim Glynn
Trike: The little missile that could
It is a cool night, toward the end of August. Yet scientists are sweating in their temperature-controlled bunker just outside of Najin in...
Jim Glynn
Our government going under (ground, that is)
“Doomsday is near. Die all, die merrily.” — Henry IV, William Shakespeare, cited in Garrett M. Graff, Raven Rock Now that Kim Jong Un...