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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.
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I received an email from a blog reader the other day, and I was about to toss it aside when I reconsidered. I realized that it was a fascinating, if somewhat disturbing, insight into why some people follow Donald Trump.
Read MoreYou don’t just sit back in your lifeboat when the other side is drilling holes in it. Most likely, you’ll try to stop them; at the very least you start bailing water like your life depends on it (because it does). Either way, you don’t compromise. You don’t say, “All right, old chap, why don’t you just punch four holes in the hull instead of eight, and we’ll call it even.”
Read MoreWhat if Mitch McConnell’s was actually right about torpedoing the Jan. 6 commission? What if he was actually doing Democrats a favor?
Read MoreIf anyone doubts Republicans want a dictatorship, all you have to do is look at their actions. They’re using 10 keys to fascism in the hope, conscious or not, of unlocking a future where they and they alone are in power. It’s not just Trump’s big lie about the stolen election or the Jan. 6 insurrection. Those are just two of at least 10 elements in a strategy to dismantle American democracy and replace it with its antithesis.
Read MoreArkansas lawmakers’ objective in passing their anti-trans law is clear: Stop doctors from doing what they believe is right for their patients, what their patients believe is right, and what the patients’ parents support. Talk about government intrusion. That’s a trifecta.
Read MoreThe American people, and Republicans in particular, have let Trump get away with everything short of murder (although COVID deaths could qualify as negligent homicide). Calling Trump out for a Coke bottle on his desk is like rejoicing about catching Jeffrey Dahmer jaywalking.
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