Father and Husband of the Year, he wasn't. You have to balance it all out. He's contrite about his past. He knows it was wrong. Is the truth somewhere in the middle? In this case, I think RM's account of what happened is much closer to the truth than the Church's hyperbolic smear campaign. Once again, if (insert…

I didn't find him to be so crappy actually. I lived for years with a person who suffered from a personality disorder. I've seen what happens to families up close, so I have empathy for the man. Was Ron a saint? No way. But hardly a piece of crap . . . unless you're a Scientologist, then, Hitler.

Yes! Though not as good as you 'nym.

This one first. Then Remini's, which is an easy-to-read, well written (in her voice) book that does a great job of describing how one can get sucked into something like Scientology. Ruthless is not well written (the two authors can't decide if they should suck Hubbard's cock or bite it off), but it's much more…

I think you're wrong. I've been watching this cult for decades and things have utterly and completely changed. After decades of brave critics and exes telling tales of the cult's abusive antics to mostly deaf (or fearful) ears, it was Matt and Trey who burst Scientology's carefully crafted bubble of invincibility a…

Or Horace Bury.

The book is really well written and paced. What might have been a tear-jerking, sensationalist soap opera in less skilled hands, is a heartbreaking and ultimately inspiring biography. Ortega's sober journalistic approach carefully describes one of the most interesting lives in the bizarre and very important story of…