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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 NBA’s financial structure has become a game in its own right, a series of rules that don’t quite work the way they’re supposed to, so those rules are tweaked, and then the tweaks are tweaked. The end result looks like a patchwork maze of pipes and chutes and (sometimes dead-end) tunnels held together with duct tape and gorilla glue. I tuned in to watch a basketball game, not navigate a corn maze.
Read MoreI miss Woolworth, but I don’t miss segregated lunch counters. I miss the NFL in the ’70s, but I don’t miss the Washington Football Team’s old name. I miss the days when players played their entire careers for a single team, but I don’t miss the exploitive reserve clause the forced them to stay there. I miss the old suburban shopping malls, but I prefer the new, diverse suburbia. I miss the days when “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” were genuine well wishes, not ammunition in some imaginary war.
Read MoreIf you see someone drowning, you shout to the lifeguard, “Hey, there’s someone DROWNING out there!” You don’t walk up casually and whisper in the guy’s ear: “Psst. There might be something going on out there. Take a look and tell me what you see.” If you see a house on fire, you don’t pass a note under the door of the burning structure with a suggestion that someone inside call the fire department.
Read MoreIn our polarized nation, we’ve come to confuse two very different things: The right to express an opinion with the feeling we’re entitled to impose it on others. The former is a hallmark of democracy. The latter a feature of dictatorships.
Read MoreAs the New York Giants and Washington lead the NFC East with 5-7 records and four games remaining, is it time to consider returning to the six-division format? It would be a great excuse to reshuffle the divisions and create some exciting new rivalries.
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.
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