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Stephen H. Provost is an author of paranormal adventures and historical non-fiction. “Memortality” is his debut novel on Pace Press, set for release Feb. 1, 2017.
An editor and columnist with more than 30 years of experience as a journalist, he has written on subjects as diverse as history, religion, politics and language and has served as an editor for fiction and non-fiction projects. His book “Fresno Growing Up,” a history of Fresno, California, during the postwar years, is available on Craven Street Books. His next non-fiction work, “Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street,” is scheduled for release in June.
For the past two years, the editor has served as managing editor for an award-winning weekly, The Cambrian, and is also a columnist for The Tribune in San Luis Obispo.
He lives on the California coast with his wife, stepson and cats Tyrion Fluffybutt and Allie Twinkletail.
Ruminations and provocations.
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Here's the truth of the matter: Perfectionists are not born, we’re made. We’re intolerant of our own mistakes because society has conditioned us to be that way by being intolerant of us. In fact, we’ve taken the initiative to blame ourselves in a desperate attempt to escape the blame of others.
Read MoreESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith was emphatic: “Jon Gruden’s career is over. It’s over.” But then he said something I found simply unbelievable: “I cannot imagine even a white male with influence and connections and some degree of power that can overcome what The New York Times reported and what we all now know.”
Read MoreWe’re letting people get famous without proving themselves. The Paul brothers are Exhibit A. How many hard-working fighters who’ve paid their dues would have given their eye teeth to get a shot at Mayweather? A whole lot. But the white guy with no credible experience steps to the front of the line. I’ve never cared for the term “white privilege,” but if this ain’t it, I don’t know what is.
Read MoreThe problem with these monuments is that… they fail to offer any context. They glorify both the defense of slavery and the act of taking up arms against fellow citizens. It’s one thing to remember the evils of our own history, as we should, but it’s quite another thing to excuse or even celebrate them.
Read MoreWhite supremacy denotes superiority. Domination. BLM just asserts that Black lives matter. … When one side wants to dominate the other, and the other side just wants to acknowledge the right to have a life (not even bothering to mention liberty and the pursuit of happiness), there’s no equivalency there — false or otherwise.
Read MoreIt makes zero cents to love on Jesus and hate everyone else who happens to be Jewish. It’s like the KKK decided to claim Malcolm X as their patron saint.
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