Author Martin Landon

Will the Coming Year Be Sweet or Bitter? It Is Up to Us

Tolerance

September 21, 2020

Will the Coming Year Be Sweet or Bitter? It Is Up to Us

The meaning of the call remains the same, however. The end of a year and the beginning of a new one are a time for reflection,...

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A Bittersweet Anniversary: What Was It With Germany?

Religious Freedom

September 4, 2020

A Bittersweet Anniversary: What Was It With Germany?

Three generations earlier the grandparents of the Germans who affirmed our right to believe had engaged in an attack on a...

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Disney: It’s Time to Pull the Plug on A&E

Combating Bigotry & Hate

August 13, 2020

Disney: It’s Time to Pull the Plug on A&E

The loss in viewership, attributed to A&E’s cancellation of its police show, Live PD, exposed a suppurating inoperable tumor...

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The Creation of Love & Hate

Religious Literacy

June 9, 2020

The Creation of Love & Hate

In doing these things He sat in council with Adam. “Lord,” said Adam, “will You not grant us a gift—a miracle that...

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Meghan & Harry Are Fed Up, and So Are We

Media & Ethics

May 11, 2020

Meghan & Harry Are Fed Up, and So Are We

The couple’s public statement is a shot across the bow at a disturbing trend that has become the new normal over recent...

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The Real Deal With Disconnection

Religious Freedom

March 29, 2020

The Real Deal With Disconnection

A friend of mine who lived among the native Inuits of far Northern Canada told me that if a person in the community, through...

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All Hail Aladdin

Tolerance

June 25, 2019

All Hail Aladdin

But all in all, I give this Aladdin high marks for trying to do the right thing, and for being highly entertaining to boot.

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A Fairy Tale for Grownups

Tolerance

February 28, 2019

A Fairy Tale for Grownups

Once upon a time, when stars and sunsets were still in fashion and the world had not yet lost its glow of fresh wonder, there...

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Shape-Shifting Lizards From Outer Space!

Tolerance

January 22, 2019

Shape-Shifting Lizards From Outer Space!

Astounding but true! According to multiple studies, upwards of 12 million Americans, or 4 percent of the population, believe...

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Hate, Inc.: The Marketing of Bigotry for Profit

Combating Bigotry & Hate

January 1, 2019

Hate, Inc.: The Marketing of Bigotry for Profit

Bricks through windows, swastikas scrawled on synagogues, charred African-American churches, knocked-over tombstones in Jewish...

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Leah Remini vs. Everyone: Welcome to the Dark Ages

Combating Bigotry & Hate

December 19, 2018

Leah Remini vs. Everyone: Welcome to the Dark Ages

A recent spate of hate-inspired fires in five Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Halls brings up a pointed question: Is Leah Remini...

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The Space Between Us

Tolerance

November 18, 2018

The Space Between Us

So you were right all along. All that “no man is an island” stuff is true, after all. You bother me or yell at me or snub...

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Carpool of DEATH!!

Tolerance

October 25, 2018

Carpool of DEATH!!

In truth, you have FAR more reason to be terrified of death by carpool. The odds are way higher that you’ll be a carpool...

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The Media: “We Have Met The Enemy And It Is Us”

Media & Ethics

October 17, 2018

The Media: “We Have Met The Enemy And It Is Us”

Every time you share a meme or a column or a podcast or a video that you like or agree with, YOU become media.

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Don’t Take It Personally Or, What I Learned From My Cat

Combating Bigotry & Hate

April 26, 2018

Don’t Take It Personally Or, What I Learned From My Cat

My point is she didn’t take it personally. She actually didn’t take it at all. She stayed calm and reasoned and level-headed.

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