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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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There’s a fundamental difference in how Trump’s base looks at things and how thinking individuals view the world. And the nature of evangelical religion — how it operates — holds the key to identifying it. There’s long been a tension between faith and science: not just faith in the sense of religious piety, but in the sense of belief without evidence.
Read MoreDonald Trump’s call to violence was never his backup plan. It wasn’t his Plan B, held in reserve in case he couldn’t win fair and square. Cheating was never Trump’s second choice. It was his plan from the very beginning, because it’s never enough to win by the rules. To Trump, you have to prove you’re better than those rules. Winning within the system is a sign of weakness; beating the system is the only thing that matters.
Read MoreDonald Trump has shown time and again that he’s a human toxic waste dump, sabotaging everything he touches. His six bankruptcies are proof of that. But one of his biggest failures foreshadowed his current attempted takedown of the Republican Party — and the nation — almost perfectly. Unfortunately, it happened 35 years ago, so a lot of people have forgotten it..
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 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 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.
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