Use the form on the right to contact us.
You can edit the text in this area, and change where the contact form on the right submits to, by entering edit mode using the modes on the bottom right.
PO Box 3201
Martinsville, VA 24115
United States
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.
Filtering by Tag: polarization
It might seem weird to think of being stuck as chaotic, but that’s exactly what it is. Think of it like a pinball machine, or a glass bottle with fireflies or supercharged particles zinging around inside, bouncing off the glass and one another in a frenetic yet futile attempt to escape. That’s what a mind living in limbo feels like. It’s exhausting and, if it goes on too long, can feel debilitating.
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 MoreThe internet depersonalizes our interactions and, in doing so, keeps us from seeing people as human beings. Instead, we see them as targets or obstacles or followers. As in war, this reinforces the “us vs. them” mentality that fuels continued hostility and conflict. Peace and understanding? They’re condemned as compromise and disloyalty.
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 MoreIs it possible that Trump actually ignored those warnings back in January because he wanted the virus to spread?
Read MoreWith confirmation bias firmly set on both sides and the old media template of unbiased watchdog in shambles, people stopped trying to figure out what was true and what wasn’t. With so many competing messages from so many biased sources, they threw up their hands and just decided to believe whatever their own side was saying.
Read More