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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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Trump’s presidency has reinforced our natural tendency to rely heavily on labels and “not ask too many questions.” He’s the consummate snake-oil salesman, taking us back to the late 19th century, when “miracle cures” filled with do-nothing contents made millions of dollars.
Read MoreYes, Trump will fire up his base with racist fears. But when it comes right down to it, more people are scared of COVID-19 and economic ruin than they are of losing Confederate flags and statues, or of largely peaceful protests. Even when Trump, by his own actions, goads protesters into violence, that violence doesn’t directly touch most people’s lives. The virus and paychecks do.
Read MoreDonald Trump is a spoiled billionaire who uses others to get what he wants, regardless of their skin color. That’s what he means by “winning”: getting his way. Not helping his constituents win. Not improving the nation. Not helping the Republican Party. Simply getting what HE wants — even at everyone else’s expense. ESPECIALLY then, because if he’s the only one left standing, there’s no one left to challenge him. He’ll destroy everyone else to secure complete and total control.
Read MoreYes, I called him a sociopath. No, I’m not a clinician. But by God, I’m sick and tired of being told I’m incapable of using simple common sense to describe something that’s as plain as the nose on your face. You don’t need an advanced degree to tell someone, “There’s a fly in your soup.” And you don’t need an advanced degree to say, “There’s a sociopath in the White House,” either.
Read MoreCommentators have noted that Trump uses this strategy to divide the nation, pitting his allies against an imagined evil empire of straw men populated by everyone who’s ever said an unkind word about him. And that’s true. But the deeper truth is that he’s not just dividing us for the sake of dividing us, he’s pandering to the binary thought pattern that’s more pervasive among his base than it is among America at large.
Read MoreThe escape hatch for Trump is there, and it’s one he’s taking before in private business. He thrives on winning, and if it becomes clear he can’t (win, that is), he’s likely to quit in a huff. But don’t expect him to go away, and don’t expect him to take any of the blame. Sure, he’ll lash out at Democrats, but he’ll also blame Republicans who, he’ll say, have turned on him.
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