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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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Incumbent 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 MoreEven our most basic protections are limited based on content and intent. You have a First Amendment right to free speech, but that doesn’t mean you can defame someone or yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater. … It seems absurd that the pardon power, which is much less fundamental to a democratic society than free speech… should enjoy greater protections from content-based limits than any other right enshrined in the Constitution.
Read MoreDemocrats are like the clean-cut guy with the good job who loses the girl to the bad-boy biker. Barack Obama was the quintessential honorable, well-spoken guy. Donald Trump is a bad boy through and through, breaking rules to suit his own purposes, regardless of who he hurts in the process.
Read MoreWhile most of us have forgotten, were too young to pay attention (like yours truly) or hadn’t been born yet, it was Democrats who torpedoed the only real chance to get rid of the Electoral College.
Read MoreIf you see someone drowning, you shout to the lifeguard, “Hey, there’s someone DROWNING out there!” You don’t walk up casually and whisper in the guy’s ear: “Psst. There might be something going on out there. Take a look and tell me what you see.” If you see a house on fire, you don’t pass a note under the door of the burning structure with a suggestion that someone inside call the fire department.
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