[The very funny John Novosad]

 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 pleased to bring you a message from Michael J. Rinder Aftermath Foundation executive director Phil Jones: The Foundation is having a fundraiser in Denver this March featuring stand-up comic […]

 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 still struggling with losing Scientology whistleblower Jefferson Hawkins on Jan 5. Today, Mark Bunker offers us the interview he did with Jeff in 2011, upscaled and complete. What a resource Jeff was. ALSO: […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We enjoy hearing from Mitch Brisker, the recently-defected former Scientology film director, whose memoir we enjoyed very much. He sent us some thoughts about what he observed regarding L. Ron Hubbard’s ideas about acting, […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Until a friend tipped us, we had no idea the great Carey McWilliams, the crusading California journalist, had, 75 years ago this month, written a superb takedown of Dianetics, and we thought you’d enjoy […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology is struggling to bring in new members in an environment of brutal press and general mocking by the public, so it tends to focus on one sure source of new bodies: the children […]