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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
April 29, 2006
As an unofficial member of the Keith Olbermann fan club, how on earth could I possibly resist plugging a website and a book with the name Sweet Jesus, I hate Bill O'Reilly? I suggest reading it with a side order...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 8:25 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Gay Rights
Also at Positive Liberty, Jon Rowe has a post about David Kupelian's book The Marketing of Evil. Kupelian is one of the big muckety mucks at the Worldnutdaily and his book is full of the sort of breathless and ridiculous...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 6:01 PM • 4 Comments •
Category: Gay Rights
Jason Kuznicki has a terrific post at Positive Liberty about the legal and personal difficulties he will encounter as he and his husband Scott prepare to adopt a child. Yes, the post rambles a bit, but it really touches on...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 5:38 PM • 62 Comments •
April 28, 2006
Category: ACLU
This looks interesting. A new blog has begun and it's called Don't Stop the ACLU, obviously in response to our old pals at StopTheACLU. This should be fun to keep an eye on....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 7:03 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Liberty
Yes, yes, I know - Godwin's law and all that. But the term is so perfect that I choose to use it, even while recognizing that the analogy is obviously absurd. I refer, of course, to the full range of...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:06 PM • 23 Comments •
A reader alerted me to a situation down at Calvin College, right here in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have many friends associated with Calvin, including the theistic evolutionist mentioned many times in the comments on a thread below, Howard Van...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 11:33 AM • 2 Comments •
If you're looking for a really amusing response to the Jesus cartoons, look no further than this column by Kevin McCullough at the Worldnutdaily. Unlike Donohue, he doesn't attempt to censor the paper; he figures God will do that when...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 10:32 AM • 7 Comments •
Category: Liberty
And it's on the same topic. In response to the Day of Silence, a group of religious right organizations sponsorded a "Day of Truth", encouraging kids to speak out against homosexuality. At Mira Loma High School in California, a group...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 10:13 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: Liberty
When I'm looking for wingnuttery to have a little fun with, I can always be sure to find something crazy at any website associated with Alan Keyes. Today's example is this column at RenewAmerica by Pete Fisher in which he...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:52 AM • 26 Comments •
Okay, this is just funny. After my post yesterday about the Jesus cartoons in an Oregon newspaper and the Catholic League's attempt to censor them, someone named mnuez left the following comment. My regular readers will no doubt find this...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:08 AM • 2 Comments •
