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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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The problem with these monuments is that… they fail to offer any context. They glorify both the defense of slavery and the act of taking up arms against fellow citizens. It’s one thing to remember the evils of our own history, as we should, but it’s quite another thing to excuse or even celebrate them.
Read MoreIt’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!
Read MoreRepublicans are in the same kind of pickle Democrats found themselves in during the 1960s, when Southern conservatives started leaving the party for the GOP because they couldn’t stomach being in the same party with Northeastern aristocrats. … But this time, it’s worse. Here’s why.
Read MoreWe’re still in a pandemic, and we’re still social distancing, so you might think traveling is the last thing you want to do, right? Not so. I’m convinced that if you do the right kind of traveling, it can be the best thing for you.
Read MoreI used to think Donald Trump’s claim that he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it was a bit of hyperbole from a circus clown. I never imagined it would actually be an understatement.
Read MoreDespite the founders’ intent to create a nation that was welcoming to those of all beliefs, an aura of awe and majesty has been superimposed on both those founders and the document they produced. They’re seen as prophets of sorts, and the Constitution they produced as holy writ: inspired and inerrant. To question it, or them, is seen as unpatriotic.
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