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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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In our polarized nation, we’ve come to confuse two very different things: The right to express an opinion with the feeling we’re entitled to impose it on others. The former is a hallmark of democracy. The latter a feature of dictatorships.
Read MoreIn any game, hometown fans might love it if the refs threw a penalty flags on every play — at first. But it would get boring after a while, because most fans want to see action. They’d rather see a circus catch at the 1-yard line than a penalty flag thrown for pass interference. Besides, no matter how partisan they are, most fans want their teams to win fair and square: to prove they’re legitimately better on the field.
Read MoreA number of independent and moderate Democrats who once considered candidates from the opposite party on a regular basis now see Republicans as too extreme for them to take that chance. “Reagan Democrats” famously helped propel the 40th president to the White House; by contrast, there are precious few “Trump Democrats.”
Read MoreYou can’t rely on a system to empower you and seek to discredit it at the same time. Well, you can, but it’s not a very smart thing to do. Contradictory messaging doesn’t work, even on supporters who are “all in.” If you ask someone to pick something up at the store, then immediately return it, they won’t bother to make the trip at all.
Read MoreCourt after court has thrown out Trump’s challenges to the election results, but because the courts keep hearing them, that must mean there’s something of substance worth considering. Or so we think. The seed of doubt has been planted. The more recounts we undertake, the less confidence we have in the original count, because even if the result only changes by a few votes, that proves there was something wrong the first time.
Read MoreOn June 16, 2015, Donald Trump rode a golden escalator down to the basement of Trump Tower to announce he was running for president. … He was behaving very much like a messiah coming down from heaven, descending from that sacred realm where the streets (if not the escalators) are paved in gold.
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