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,... READ MORE
Tolerance September 14, 2020 What the Wonder of Stonehenge Has To Do With Religious Freedom The news reminded me of my own visit to Stonehenge some decades ago. Like so many others, I was very curious about what drove... READ MORE
Tolerance September 10, 2020 “Cults”: Peeling Back the Label When any label about someone else is offered, peel it back. Find out what’s actually underneath. Free them from the cage... READ MORE
Tolerance August 28, 2020 Race & Religion: Bigotry Is Bigotry Interestingly, the two “discriminations”—racial and religious—have historical intersections in this land of the free.... READ MORE
Tolerance August 23, 2020 Survival of the Friendliest? It looks like we’ve had it all wrong since 1859. That’s when Charles Darwin began the evolution revolution with his seminal... READ MORE
Tolerance August 20, 2020 Is “Tolerance” in Hollywood a Myth? Ask a Scientologist Imagine you’re Hollywood. You’re not like everyone else. You’re passionate about your causes; about injustice and the... READ MORE
Tolerance June 24, 2020 Your Right to “Say Anything” May Be Wrong Do people have prejudices? Unfortunately, absolutely. Do we have the right to broadcast our personal prejudices to others,... READ MORE
Tolerance April 21, 2020 You Have the Power to Create Calm The very essence of our spiritual side is the ability to create. It is and always will be completely under our control. READ MORE
Tolerance April 10, 2020 On Advice Not to Love, From Unhappy People As time went on and more people criticized others in my presence, I started worrying more and more about what others thought... READ MORE
Tolerance March 30, 2020 The Power of Story Those of my generation recall the stories we were told that got us hooked on cigarettes. One-minute commercials told women... READ MORE
Tolerance March 28, 2020 Defeating Corona—Shoulder to Shoulder, Six Feet Apart If you’re about my age, maybe you grew up thinking that World War III would be fought between the U.S. and the Soviets…... READ MORE
Tolerance March 16, 2020 What Bagels and Arithmetic Have to Do With Tolerance Perhaps it was reticence or a lack of confidence in my young self that John seized upon, but his reaction was instant. He... READ MORE
Tolerance March 3, 2020 A Primer on Hatred and Intolerance What hatred and intolerance look like: The charred remains of 4-year old Melissa Morrison, recovered from the ashes of the... READ MORE
Tolerance March 3, 2020 Why the Truth Will Set You Free If you complain long and loud to a Scientologist about your spouse, your boss, your church or your kids, the Scientologist... READ MORE
Tolerance February 20, 2020 The Streets of Spirituality I’ve driven urban professionals, reformed criminals, burlesque dancers, angel investors, families with groceries, people... READ MORE
Tolerance February 18, 2020 There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a Good Neighbor Laugh if you want, but he seriously felt like a friend. He came in the door singing. He changed his sweater and his shoes.... READ MORE
Tolerance February 3, 2020 Confessions of an “Open-Minded” Person I was, however, “open-minded.” Cue the air quotes, please. There is a difference between open-minded and “open-minded.”... READ MORE
Tolerance January 28, 2020 Bigotry, Beanbags, Opals and Elephants Humankind at its finest sees a tree not as a green blob, but a Maple, its leaves individually defined, each one a bit different... READ MORE
Tolerance January 24, 2020 The New Decade: Reset. Start. Many years ago, at the dawn of the personal computer era, I had a nerdy friend who always seemed to be happy. One day I asked... READ MORE
Tolerance January 17, 2020 A Simple, Easy Policy on Politics and Religion I have a friend on social media who is a practicing Baptist minister. He’s an old friend from high school. He has the usual... READ MORE
Tolerance December 22, 2019 A Jewish Scientologist’s Christmas I was raised mildly Jewish. I wasn’t ever bat mitzvahed and, by the time I was 18, I’d actually never been to a synagogue... READ MORE
Tolerance December 21, 2019 What Is Your Problem?! or Drama in the Produce Section “WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!” The question was bellowed at me in condemnation of my failure to swerve my motion-challenged... READ MORE
Tolerance December 18, 2019 Not in Our Stars—A Holiday Entreaty As days pass by and disappear we fast approach another year. The last 12 months we pause to weigh and estimate the progress... READ MORE
Tolerance December 6, 2019 Hate Never Wins: A Tale of Two Blog Posts I posted this photo on my photography blog. I didn’t think it would be very controversial. Boy, was I wrong. READ MORE
Tolerance November 19, 2019 The Chosen Path—A Fable About Brotherhood He is an expert on this hellish road you travel, and would teach us its history, and the history of those who’ve gone before. READ MORE
Tolerance August 14, 2019 Why Religions Shouldn’t Take the Bait No government, no institution, no club will ever be able to give purpose to man like his religions do. READ MORE
Tolerance August 12, 2019 The Tribes of Bad and Good A few years ago, a seven-year-old boy waving a Pop Tart and saying “bang bang” was suspended from school in Maryland.... READ MORE
Tolerance August 1, 2019 Speaking of Religion Religion is tough to talk about. It’s true. And instead of welcoming the chance to learn something new, we tend to shy away... READ MORE
Tolerance July 8, 2019 What Faith In Our Schools Really Means I have good friends who are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist, and many more who are still searching and haven’t quite... READ MORE
Tolerance July 5, 2019 Religious Freedom and Religious Tolerance While training as an Army officer, I was taught not to discuss politics and religion. This seemed eminently practical advice... READ MORE
