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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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If you’ve ever had your home burglarized (I have), you know what that feels like. You feel vulnerable and traumatized and sick to your stomach. You feel like the one place where you’re supposed to feel safe has been compromised: your house. Now the People’s House has been compromised, has been invaded. And all our enemies — the Russians, the Chinese, the Iranians — saw exactly how easy it was.
Read MoreDonald Trump has shown time and again that he’s a human toxic waste dump, sabotaging everything he touches. His six bankruptcies are proof of that. But one of his biggest failures foreshadowed his current attempted takedown of the Republican Party — and the nation — almost perfectly. Unfortunately, it happened 35 years ago, so a lot of people have forgotten it..
Read MoreFor many, Donald Trump’s call with Mark Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, seemed like something out of The Twilight Zone, but to realize just how bonkers crazy it was, let’s apply the Mad Libs method to a portion of the transcript and substitute a few words and phrases at key points. The rule I followed was that all nouns had to relate somehow to science fiction, fantasy, or horror — all of which apply to the current administration’s claims about border fraud.
Read MoreIncumbent Republicans find themselves between a rock and a hard place. They go along with Trump’s demands or stand up for decency and democracy... and risk being booted out of office by extremist constituents he’s weaponized against them. Trump has turned their desire for “safe” seats against them, making those seats anything but safe.
Read MoreThe corporate elite that ran the GOP pre-Trump went along because they had a political gun to their head. But the moment Trump started firing blanks by losing the election, the old guard was more than willing to seize power directly once again. Enter Mitch McConnell, their leader, to do their bidding.
Read MoreBottom line: Nobody likes how Facebook handles things, and a lot of people would love to change it, but they’re basically held hostage because the platform is the only one to offer access to billions of users. And one person (Zuckerberg) dictates how that platform is run. If Facebook were a country, it would be the largest dictatorship in the world.
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