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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.

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How Trump sabotages himself to preserve his ego

Stephen H. Provost

Why did Trump believe it was a good idea to drop out of the second debate? Because he believed it was a good idea to drop out of the second debate. It’s as simple as that. There’s no master strategy, no art of the deal, no nothing going on behind the scenes. It, and virtually every other action Trump takes, is the product of circular reasoning by a mind caught in the endless loop of its own self-delusion.

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5 ways debate watchers were fooled into thinking Pence won

Stephen H. Provost

Going into the debate, the election was a referendum on Trump, and nothing about the debate changed that — nor could it have, no matter what happened. The thing that saved Pence was that this was a vice-presidential debate, and those almost never matter. It won’t this time, either, which is a good thing for Pence, because he lost. Bigly.

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How to fix the debates without cutting off candidates' mics

Stephen H. Provost

Asking journalists to moderate a presidential debate is like asking ballplayers to umpire the World Series. Yes, they know the game, but no, they’re neither trained nor qualified to call balls and strikes. Even then, baseball umpires have a relatively easy job compared to, say, basketball referees. On the hardwood, refs have to deal with rapid-fire challenges and players who whine about every call they make.

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Were the media actually unfair to Trump?

Stephen H. Provost

Donald Trump told a white racist group to “stand back and stand by” during the first presidential debate. Other than Trump’s steamroller-on-steroids approach to his (so-called) debate with Joe Biden, it was the big news Tuesday night. But language is a tricky thing. It’s easy to misspeak in the heat of battle, especially with so many words being shot from the hip. So was Trump’s comment on race just verbal shrapnel?

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