Murmurs Just as Mayor Charlie Hales moves to bust the Portland police commanders union, a bill to expand the rights of police brass to unionize is working its way through the Legislature. House Bill 2418 ex   More

Movie Reviews & Stories As you might have heard, The Master is the film Scientology maybe, sort of doesn’t want you to see. But based on some of Joaquin Phoenix’s acting choices, director Paul Thomas Anderson must’   More

News The Los Angeles Times reports today that an Oregon man named Mario Majorski, 48, was shot to death yesterday at the Church of Scientology's Hollywood Celebrity Center (pictured above, courtesy MSNBC) on Sunday after he allegedly brandished two samurai swords at security guards. A website that follows Scientology provides some information about Majorski's past association with the church. He ...   More