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Ed Brayton is a journalist, commentator and speaker. He is the co-founder and president of Michigan Citizens for Science and co-founder of The Panda's Thumb. He has written for such publications as The Bard, Skeptic and Reports of the National Center for Science Education, spoken in front of many organizations and conferences, and appeared on nationally syndicated radio shows and on C-SPAN. Ed is also a Fellow with the Center for Independent Media and the host of Declaring Independence, a one hour weekly political talk show on WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan.(static)
Ed Brayton also blogs at Positive Liberty and The Panda's Thumb
January 31, 2006
I am having an extended debate with Jimmy G in the comments on this thread over the nature of the 9th amendment. Jimmy's argument is that the 9th amendment must be read as a federalism provision and that the "unenumerated...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 3:50 PM • 18 Comments •
I'm glad to hear that Orac, surgeon/scientist and great blogger, is moving his blog, Respectful Innocence, to the ScienceBlogs domain soon. Welcome to the neighborhood, Orac. You get to those the first cookout when it warms up. OOPS. I meant...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 1:56 PM • 5 Comments •
A friend sent me a link to this article in Newsweek about Jerry Falwell's Liberty University being the #1 debate team in the nation, knowing that I know the debate world pretty well and would find it interesting. My response...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 10:59 AM • 26 Comments •
Category: History
Robert Kagan, co-founder of the Project for a New American Century, has a fascinating article in the Weekly Standard called I am Not a Straussian. Jon Rowe cited it at Positive Liberty and I had to read it. It's quite...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:38 AM • 11 Comments •
Category: History
Jason Kuznicki reminds us yet again why he is one of the clearest thinkers and best writers in the blogosphere with this post using Akhil Amar's book as a jumping off point to discuss Whiggism vs cynicism in historical analysis,...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:28 AM • 0 Comments •
January 30, 2006
Category: Politics
I love watching C-SPAN on days like today when the hypocrisy of both parties is on full display. The Democrats go on about not having enough time for adequate debate when everyone knows that the attempted filibuster has nothing at...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 3:29 PM • 11 Comments •
Category: Law
Sandefur has posted the first criticism of Amar's new book on the Constitution and does an excellent job of handling Amar's far too expansive view of the commerce clause. While all four Positive Liberty contributors are big fans of Amar's...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:38 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Dover Case
Larry Farma has left a long comment in response to my post about the DI's claim that Judge Jones should not have ruled on the scientific status of ID in the Dover case. Because that post is getting old and...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 10:52 AM • 69 Comments •
Category: Law
While I'm on the subject of originalism and constitutional interpretation, I really should link to Timothy Sandefur's brilliant article in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy entitled Liberal Originalism: A Past for The Future and to Randy Barnett's...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 10:15 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Law
James Ryan has a very interesting review of two books that critique originalism as a compelling theory of constitutional interpretation available at SSRN (it will be published in the Stanford Law Review soon). One of the books he reviews, Active...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:06 AM • 19 Comments •
