TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: L. Ronald Hubbard was born 115 years ago today. According to Scientology, in 1986 he left his 74-year-old body to pursue ‘researches’ elsewhere. Wherever you are, Commodore, we mark your 115th with a look […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Wise Beard Man is back! Mark Bunker sent us his new campaign launch video, and we asked him to describe what he’s up against as he runs again for Clearwater City Council at a […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology’s expansion plans for its UK headquarters keep running into opposition from various local groups. But one neighbor it could always count on was a sports club down the road. Now, that club has […]

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 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What they don’t tell you in Scientology: 75 years ago this past week, after failing to kidnap his wife and have her committed, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard tried to convince the […]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As usual, the grand opening of a new Scientology ‘Ideal Org’ — this time in Puerto Rico — resulted in church leader David Miscavige presiding over everything with his usual aplomb. But only a […]