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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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Ruminations and provocations.

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You won't believe how much can change in 40 years

Stephen H. Provost

It’s 40 years this spring since I graduated from high school, and it’s easy to feel old when you realize how much the world has changed during those years. But if you really want to feel old, compare the changes in the past 40 years with those that occurred in the four decades before that!

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How Comcast is profiting off the pandemic — at our expense

Stephen H. Provost

Is it a coincidence that Comcast’s data caps suddenly appeared during in the midst of this pandemic, when workers are more dependent than ever on the internet? Are they just sticking it to remote workers and others isolated during the crisis, or is there some other motivation?

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How journalists traded truth for balance — and gave us this mess

Stephen H. Provost

In a desperate attempt to retain their audience, newspapers and broadcast networks changed their mission. Instead of simply reporting the facts, they started interviewing spin doctors on both sides of the political fence. In short, they replaced devotion to the truth with a quest for balance as their prime directive.

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Bee Gees documentary a reason to revisit their legacy

Stephen H. Provost

Bee Gees never wanted to be known as a disco act. They just happened to be experimenting with R&B at the same time disco hit, and their association with the movement was sealed when they contributed five songs to what became, at the time, the top-selling record of all time: the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever, disco’s musical bible. It was so enormous that it overwhelmed just about everything else about the Bee Gees’ success.

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