Diplomacy

By George Thomas Clark | January 5, 2026

Diplomacy by Marco Rubio trump doesn’t call me little marco anymore i’m a bad dude secretary of state warning coke-friendly presidents gustavo petro of colombia and claudia sheinbaum of mexico they better watch their asses

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Caribbean Crackdown

By George Thomas Clark | October 19, 2025

Caribbean Crackdown by Donald Trump “Is he back in charge in the Philippines?” I ask “No sir. He’s still a prisoner of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.” “Tell him to call me when he’s out of jail. I don’t like talking to losers.” “That’s about what I told him you’d say, but he…

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Secretary of War

By George Thomas Clark | October 1, 2025

Secretary of War by Pete Hegseth “Yes sir,” she says, performing a job she’s genetically qualified for. In less than a minute President Trump is on the phone, and I say, “Sir, it’s time we told all our top military officers, in front of the world, that we’re establishing a new warrior ethos. I’ve been…

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I Shall Paint

By George Thomas Clark | September 23, 2025

We lived in a big, beautiful house in cold Chicago and my mother sometimes told me, “Ruth, you’re fortunate your father makes a very respectable living and someday you’ll be a lady.” I’d merely nod, grimly I suppose. I already felt I was becoming a lady, albeit a different sort than the society matrons my…

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Charlie Kirk and Free Speech

By George Thomas Clark | September 12, 2025

After creeping onto the roof of a one-story building at Utah Valley University, a disturbed young man aimed his high-powered rifle over the crowd and fired a hundred-fifty-yard shot that killed controversial political activist Charlie Kirk and wounded free speech in the United States. Ultra conservatives who championed the telegenic Kirk instantly called for violence…

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Joseph Kleitsch at the Easel

By George Thomas Clark | September 8, 2025

I pull in front of the Santa Ana courthouse and tell my wife, “Hurry up and pay the taxes. I’ve got to get back to the studio.” “Don’t you think the world can wait another day for your next painting?” “Maybe, but the bill collector won’t.” “Relax, Joseph,” Edna says, leaning to kiss my cheek…

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“Hitler Here” Still Going Strong After 20 Years

By George Thomas Clark | August 18, 2025

About 20 years ago I entered my first book, the biographical novel “Hitler Here,” in the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world’s largest, and sold foreign rights to a Czech publisher who translated and published the work, which I just googled and noted it has three reviews and ratings, all five stars. I’m happy to see…

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Fascists Trying to Kill Public Broadcasting

By George Thomas Clark | August 1, 2025

Reactionaries terrified of intelligent presentation of the news have cut more than a billion dollars from Public Broadcasting – PBS and NPR – and taken another tragic step to try to drive the nation into darkness, where fascism flourishes. Stand up against this outrage. Millions of you grew up listening to the literate analysis offered…

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Warlord Trump is Published

By George Thomas Clark | July 8, 2025

Warlord Trump presents eleven thousand satirical words written from a progressive point of view. If you believe the president and his administration are a danger to the United States and the world, you may enjoy some of the sharp humor in this work. The narrative is comprised of fifty-one compressed stories presented under bylines of…

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Weekend Woes

By George Thomas Clark | June 2, 2025

What a wonderful weekend. Friday and Saturday featured 101 scorchers and last night around nine the electricity went out along with the air conditioning and my nerves. But at least the power will be on by morning, I assumed. No, PG&E texted, maybe by four or five Sunday afternoon, make that eight Sunday night, how…

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