The Atlantic’s Church of Scientology advertorial
Early Monday evening, Twitter exploded in astonishment at a link to "sponsored content" on the The Atlantic's website lauding the accomplishments of the leader of the Church of Scientology, David...
View Article“Going Clear”: Scientology exposed
Several years ago, for a series of Salon articles about Scientology, I was asked to review the founding text of the church, "Dianetics" by L.Ron Hubbard, first published in 1950. The book seemed so...
View ArticleCalifornia couple sues over donations to Scientology
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two former members of the Church of Scientology claimed in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that the church and its affiliates deceived members into donating millions of dollars...
View ArticleHow Scientology ensnares celebrities
In comparison to other Scientology churches, things for all the celebrities at the Los Angeles Celebrity Centre were over-the-top in terms of elegance and privacy, starting with their own separate...
View ArticleLawrence Wright on Scientology’s “broken community,” and the complicity of...
Needless to say, the Church of Scientology and its secretive leader, David Miscavige, will not be overjoyed by Oscar-winner Alex Gibney’s explosive new documentary “Going Clear: Scientology and the...
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6 insane ways the Church of Scientology has tried to silence its critics
The HBO documentary Going Clear, an investigation inside the Church of Scientology, premieres on March 29. Unsurprisingly, the organization refused to cooperate with the film’s directors. Sheila...
View Article“What does Jon Stewart have to lose by asking real questions?”: Scientology...
The long, strange dance between the Church of Scientology and the media just took another awkward step. The Wrap recently broke the news that actor Tom Cruise had “forbidden news outlets from asking...
View ArticleAmy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence danced on top of Billy Joel’s piano so you...
It all began with an “I’m in love with you” fan letter. Then, it escalated to a boating trip to The Hamptons and a screenplay collaboration. Yesterday, the budding friendship between Jennifer Lawrence...
View ArticleRachel Maddow eviscerates the Bush administration’s incompetent Katrina...
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, President Barack Obama addressed a crowd in New Orleans, noting the ways the city has recovered. In his speech he referred to the tragic events that unfolded as a...
View ArticleDespite volatility, on-air rampage difficult to predict
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Living alone in a world of perceived slights, Vester Lee Flanagan II festered and fumed. His hair-trigger temper directed at a random collection of people he encountered never...
View ArticleRedskins say QB Griffin to miss Ravens game
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The Washington Redskins say quarterback Robert Griffin III will miss Saturday’s exhibition game at the Baltimore Ravens because of a concussion, reversing an earlier decision to let...
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View ArticleVin Scully to return for record 67th year with Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vin Scully will return for a record 67th season in the broadcast booth for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The news was revealed in the second inning of Friday night’s game against the...
View ArticleStafford, Bortles shine as Lions beat Jaguars 22-17
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Stafford completed 11 of 15 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Detroit Lions beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 22-17 in a preseason game Friday night....
View ArticleScott Walker can’t be serious: He’s about to expose his own con on healthcare
Wisconsin governor and vanilla pudding made flesh Scott Walker is going through a bit of a slump in his campaign for the White House. After a debate performance that had all the pop and energy of a...
View ArticleWe have autism all wrong: The radical new approach we need to understand and...
The first thing I noticed about Jesse was the fear and anxiety in his eyes. I was visiting a small New England school district when I heard about an eight-year-old boy who had recently transferred from...
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The 8 most atheist-friendly countries in the world
A lot of non-believer writers and activists focus, rightly, on the continuing lack of acceptance in many societies and nations of those who profess no belief in religion. Keeping an eye on what’s not...
View ArticleJeb Bush’s gigantic Iraq fail: Why he’s handling his brother’s toxic legacy...
Considering the level of clownish extremism in the Republican primary during these mangy dog days of August, it’s probably inevitable that we would start to see headlines like this one from the...
View ArticleDonald Trump is a professional wrestler: How the billionaire body-slammed GOP...
The first thing you should know about me is that I am an unapologetic fan of professional wrestling — of its outsize characters and operatic storylines, of its physical feats of strength and skill that...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s nativist police state: What “we have to keep the families...
To honor Julian Bond, the civil rights hero we lost this weekend, I didn’t watch Donald Trump on the Sunday shows. I read Ari Berman’s excellent “Give Us the Ballot” instead (more on that later this...
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