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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.
The media continue to cover the 2020 election as though it’s typical. Voters continue to assume it is. We continue to blithely believe that “the system will work” the way it always has. This is more than just naïve. It’s an exercise wishful thinking that crosses the line into denial. These five factors virtually guarantee a constitutional crisis.
Read MoreIn Trump’s alternate reality, the world’s most disastrous COVID response has, somehow, been the best. The math there is positively Orwellian. Instead of asserting that 2 + 2 = 5, he maintains that the millions of COVID cases and 200,000 deaths add up to success.
Read MoreAll that righteous indignation about Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the national anthem? It was all B.S. This was never about the military or the national anthem. It was about racism, pure and simple. Thursday’s NFL opener proved that.
Read MoreDonald Trump isn’t a tough-guy action hero like Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s not even Ronald Reagan. He’s a pathetic, craven coward, cringing and trembling in his dead father’s shadow, desperate to avoid the truth for one simple reason: It will force him to face his own failure.
Read MoreThe contrast with Trump couldn’t be more profound: The Donald listens to nothing but his own often misguided instincts and cares about no one but himself. He’s under the dangerous self-delusion that he never makes mistakes, so he never apologizes and — crucially — can never learn from them. Biden, on the other hand, acknowledges he’s not perfect, which means there’s room to grow. To get better.
Read MoreIn 2020, the XFL pursued a strategy of placing teams in major cities, unlike the Alliance of American Football, which had several franchises in smaller markets. Which approach worked better? It’s a mixed bag, which just shows that a city-by-city analysis makes more sense.
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