Combating Bigotry & Hate
June 2, 2021
Four Words for the Mercury News: Knock Off the Hate
In its heyday, this paper was thick and heavy with hard news written and edited by prize-winning journalists.
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Religious Freedom
May 20, 2021
Bipartisan Report Shows Severe Curtailment of Religious Freedom Internationally
There is a lot to deal with to set things right and bring about true religious freedom in the world.
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Religious Literacy
March 25, 2021
In a World Dominated by Stereotype, MPAC Celebrates Muslim Authenticity
What I saw was a recognition of the best kind of inclusion: a collection of movies, TV shows, and press coverage where Muslims...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 15, 2021
Remembering New Zealand—How We Can Make Hope Out of Tragedy
The vast majority of people in the world are good. They have their hopes and dreams. They have family and friends whom they...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 10, 2021
The Very Definition of Prejudice
Here’s how it shakes out: Really nice, friendly, intelligent, helpful, communicative people: 34. The people I was afraid...
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Religious Literacy
January 24, 2021
International Day of Education: From COVID to Religious Literacy
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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Religious Literacy
June 19, 2020
Ken Chitwood: A Voice for Religious Literacy
As I dug deeper into his website I discovered a 28-minute video clip of a talk he gave several years ago at the Messiah Lutheran...
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Scientology Religion
April 3, 2020
How the Whole Earth Catalog Primed Me for Scientology
When I moved from a small town in upstate New York to the San Francisco Bay area at the age of 11, I found myself at the beginning...
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Media & Ethics
August 17, 2019
Tony Ortega: A Nettle of Fiction and Failure
It may be hard to spot the common denominator of all of Ortega’s flops, but I’ll tell you what I see.
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
June 20, 2019
Terrorism: Let’s Change the Conversation
It is undeniably true that there are terrorists in the world and they are well named: they try to bring about terror, chaos,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
January 29, 2019
Fun vs. Hate: The Difference Between Songs & Psychos
1964. For most Americans, vegetables at the dinner table were an afterthought. What vegetables there were, were certainly...
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Media & Ethics
January 9, 2019
Media Ethics: Read It and Weep
Left, Right, or Center, the editorial boards all have an agenda. They’re all preaching to their own choir, which also happens...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
October 16, 2018
The Cult of Anti-Cult Cultists
Back in the 80s and 90s, people who used Macintosh computers—myself included—were considered odd, as were the computers...
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Media & Ethics
September 30, 2018
Disney Has a Problem
As a sad testimony to the bloodthirstiness of a portion of America’s viewing public, Remini’s show had a few people watching...
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Media & Ethics
February 27, 2018
If It Bleeds, It Leads. No Matter Whose Blood It Is.
In early 1898, William Randolph Hearst needed more readership for his newspaper, the New York Morning Journal . He figured...
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Scientology Religion
February 21, 2018
Scientology: What’s in a Name?
Ron was discussing methods of determining sanity. He described sanity in a number of ways but the simplest was noting the...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 12, 2017
Guilt by Association: Making Good People and Their Religions Look Bad
The prophets wanted their followers to believe in God and follow His Word. It’s true that some adherents to these religions...
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