TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Days of wildfires fueled by the Santa Ana winds are still not subsiding in Los Angeles. It’s very frightening. And we’ve heard from readers who have sent us online postings questioning the activities of […]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The tributes to Mike Rinder have kept coming in. On Monday, we heard from ‘Going Clear’ director Alex Gibney and co-star Spanky Taylor, and on Tuesday from writer Lawrence Wright. Today, it’s two more […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’re watching in horror as our hometown goes up in flames. Numerous people we know have had to flee as wildfires are destroying entire neighborhoods. We want everyone there to be safe, including Scientology […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As 2025 begins, it appears to be business as usual for Scientology as David Miscavige’s minions continue to squeeze money out of a dwindling membership. But before they can turn the entire country ‘Ideal,’ […]

[Mike Rinder, gaunt from his imprisonment in The Hole, ‘handles’ the BBC’s John Sweeney in 2007]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday, we posted tributes from Alex Gibney, Spanky Taylor, Tracey McManus and others, but the messages keep coming with […]