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Pete Rose Crosses Home Plate

October 3, 2024

The indomitable Pete Rose, the major league king of hits with 4,256, passed away on Monday, and I hereby honor him by linking “A Rose in the Hall of Fame,” an article that I posted in January 2004. A Rose in the Hall of Fame      

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Ruscha Torments Museum Visitor

September 13, 2024

What the hell? Last I remember I’d stolen a car somewhere in L.A. and started driving around town but now it looks like I’m somehow parked inside a big ole art museum. Right away I see a huge painting named Boss and read a label that it’s by Ed Ruscha. Who is this guy, a…

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Donald and Kamala Head to Head

September 12, 2024

“I’m not dealing with this nonsense anymore,” says Donald Trump, slapping his silenced microphone and stepping into auditory range of the two network moderators. “Mr. President,” says the female journalist, “we’re preventing you from interrupting Vice President Harris.” “Both of you liberals know the American people love my voice more than any voice in the…

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Cole Hocker Sprints to Gold in Paris

August 6, 2024

Want to see the greatest race ever? Here it is, the men’s 1500 Olympic final in Paris. Cole Hocker, known for his kick, roared by one, two, and ultimately three great runners down the stretch to win the gold medal in an Olympic record 3:27.65. The gold medalist in the 2021 Olympics, Jakob Ingebrigsten, took…

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Man on Roof with a Rifle

July 21, 2024

Several times since last Saturday I have wondered why the police and secret service didn’t immediately respond, before the shooting, to spectators telling them a man with a rifle was on a roof nearby. Can someone explain why action wasn’t taken? That seems a no brainer. Yet…

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Tee Time

June 29, 2024

The studio is dim and empty except for two merciless cameras aimed at a pair of aged candidates targeted by two serious interrogators. “President Biden,” says the female journalist, “many people, including your wife and closest advisors, are concerned that you are weak and descending into senility.” He looks a foot over the wrong camera…

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Another Great Catch for Willie Mays

June 20, 2024

A friend just sent me a quote by an unnamed wise man who about Willie Mays said, “The only man who could’ve caught that ball just hit it.” Terrific phrase, and true. As a kid I in person saw Mays make many catches but the greatest was a sinking line drive to left center that…

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Political Satire for Progressives

June 20, 2024

Available now in a single digital-only volume of four books: Echoes from Saddam Hussein, Obama on Edge, King Donald, and Down Goes Trump. In his signature style, George Thomas Clark combines satire and creative writing to illuminate many historic developments this century. Echoes from Saddam Hussein – Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush candidly explain…

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Willie Mays Forever

June 19, 2024

Some say Willie Mays died today but that can’t be true because Willie Mays is forever and I’ll continue celebrating his May 6th birthday as I did in these stories written on his 80th and 90th birthdays. Click here to read

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Bill Walton on the Boards

May 28, 2024

The great Bill Walton has passed away, you may have heard, and like me, you probably didn’t know he’d long been ill with prostate cancer. I became a fan of Walton right after he emerged from Helix High School near San Diego and led UCLA to two NCAA titles, in 1972 and 1973, and the…

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Writing to Joe Biden Again

February 26, 2024

To Joe Biden, Despite being a lifelong Democrat, I’m surprised you keep asking me to send you money since I’ve made it clear I never support Nazis, and you by any horrific standard are a Nazi in the style of Hitler and Netanyahu. You are not only morally blind but senile and sinking fast, and…

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My Message to Biden Campaign

January 27, 2024

I just received an email from Ming Lewis, “Deputy Director of Email and SMS” for the Biden-Harris campaign. Ming wants money so Joe Biden, Anthony Blinken, Kamala Harris, and the U.S. Congress can continue to fund the slaughter of the people of Gaza, not to mention Ukraine. This is my brief response to the Biden…

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