
Anti-Religious Propaganda
March 2, 2021
Tarpley Hitt & Daily Beast: Only Bottom-Feeders, After All
Ms. Hitt is building a reputation as a writer who refuses to let the truth get in the way of a titillating story—even if...
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March 2, 2021
Ms. Hitt is building a reputation as a writer who refuses to let the truth get in the way of a titillating story—even if...
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February 25, 2021
Whether you knew you were doing it or not, in that explosive conversation you were employing an ancient mode of reasoning...
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February 24, 2021
Her life paralleled nearly a century of “givens” in terms of limited opportunities for women, specifically Black women...
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February 23, 2021
It was hailed as “the world’s mightiest spectacle,” “the eighth wonder of the world,” and “history written with...
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February 17, 2021
Let’s assume that Phillips wouldn’t say about Jerry Seinfeld that the director of his latest comedy special is excited...
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February 16, 2021
The tabloid media regularly employs an old tried-and-true technique upon the public known as the “seed of doubt.” It is...
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February 12, 2021
It can be comforting and comfortable to share the same private snickers and public derisions as one’s friends about everything...
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February 4, 2021
His legacy is a lesson to all of us when faced with the bitter fruit of discrimination, hate and intolerance: Be your own...
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February 2, 2021
In 1944, a courageous band of artists at the Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt cobbled together a play inspired by the...
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January 31, 2021
The New York State decision is not going to be the end of the discussion. Other cases are pending. Legislative bodies have...
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January 29, 2021
The big question is: how did the filmmakers navigate the minefield of religious dogma when it comes to the representation...
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January 28, 2021
People so often show their true colors during challenging times and, for most people, that means finding ways to succeed in...
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January 24, 2021
Truth be told, the intolerance and hate that come from otherness are as old as the human race, and without diminishing the...
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January 24, 2021
In addition to practical knowledge, the monasteries were also the last refuge for scholarly knowledge. One of the principal...
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January 21, 2021
No finite definitions for the terms “hate speech” and “disinformation” currently exist under international law. Social...
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January 19, 2021
First, the diversity—people from all countries, races, languages, ages and professions. It was fascinating. Individuals...
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January 16, 2021
This day reminds us that the right to believe in what we choose is an inherent human right. Whether you’re a Christian,...
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January 12, 2021
Moving forward, we should do our best to eradicate bias or stigma towards any religion and let our communities, especially...
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January 9, 2021
Enforcing lack of religious dress is intolerant in its own right, and most often happens in democracies. “Europe had the...
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January 7, 2021
A federal judge dismissed a suit by Libby Hilsenrath, a New Jersey mother who claimed that a seventh-grade social studies...
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January 6, 2021
When it comes up in conversation with someone that I’m a Scientologist, I usually say to the person: “…and you’re...
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January 3, 2021
People are catching on to the fact that the real publicity stuntperson is that individual on the sidelines, complaining shrilly,...
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January 2, 2021
Romano joins the unholy pantheon of scribes who could care less about the real people she’s hurting, as long as she’s...
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December 27, 2020
The “religion” of bigotry—for, make no mistake: it requires a hefty heap of faith to ignore logic and the evidence of...
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December 23, 2020
As the proverb goes, when a pickpocket meets a saint, he sees only his pockets. Even as we help the millions in a pandemic,...
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December 19, 2020
It is the most plain, by-the-book exercise in bigotry you have ever seen. And it’s also the very definition of persecution,...
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