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Fred Clark

Published online on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009

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Age: 56

Home: Fresno

Occupation: Letter carrier, U.S Postal Service.

Hobbies: Reading, mostly history and political; cutting wood, yard care, football analysis and travel.

Bee reader since: Mid 1970s.

How many letters: 29 since 1996.

Favorite topics: How the privatization of government is unwinding the fabric of our society while the corporate media focuses on wedge issues and tabloid reporting.

Why do you write? Usually to respond to an opinion that differs from my beliefs.

Education: Bachelor of science, Fresno State, '77. Lifelong student of our Civil War.

Family: Wife, Gloria; Delphina, 27; son, Aaron, 25; stepson, Joaquin Torres, 26; two grandsons; aging parents still kicking in Colorado; older brother and sister.

Political philosophy: New Deal Democrat.

-- Compiled by Pam Rowse


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