Ed Brayton is a freelance writer 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.(static)
Ed Brayton also blogs at Positive Liberty and The Panda's Thumb
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June 30, 2007
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For those who haven't been able to get tickets to see the Police tour this year, there are a ton of Youtube clips up from the tour or at least from the announcement of the tour at the famous Whiskey...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 3 Comments
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Well, kind of. There was no vote on the fairness doctrine, but the House added an amendment to an appropriations bill specifically forbidding the FCC from imposing the fairness doctrine. The vote was 309-115, which means more than half the...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:21 AM • 4 Comments
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Kent Hovind's wife, Jo, was finally sentenced for her role in their tax fraud conviction. She was sentenced to one year and one day in prison plus $8000 in fines and 3 years probation. Far lighter than Kent's sentence but...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:18 AM • 6 Comments
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Stuck in the middle of a drought, Alabama Governor Bob Riley is turning to the supernatural for help: With the state's weather forecasters not delivering much-needed rain, Gov. Bob Riley on Thursday turned to a higher power. The governor issued...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:05 AM • 13 Comments
June 29, 2007
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So I went out last night to hang out with a couple of old comedian friends, Don Reese and Ted Norkey. I see Don all the time but only once in a while do I see Ted, who is simply...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:28 AM • 2 Comments
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The LA Times reports that three former leaders of the ex-gay movement, including the co-founder of Exodus International, held a press conference and apologized publicly for their past activities and for the immense pain and difficulty that often accompanies attempts...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:24 AM • 1 Comments
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Oh boy, the Catholic League is on the warpath again. Their target this time: Robin Williams, who apparently told jokes about Catholic priests and pedophilia on the Tonight Show recently. Kiera McCaffrey, director of communications with the Catholic League for...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:15 AM • 31 Comments
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Tim Sandefur has an excellent essay at Positive Liberty about Randy Barnett's groundbreaking scholarship on the 9th amendment and a counter-argument made in a book by Dan Farber. He quotes the following from Farber's book: The libertarian view espoused by...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:07 AM • 8 Comments
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The more I read of Pete Irons' new book God on Trial the more fascinating little insights I find into the cases he discusses and the people involved in them. There is a chapter about the pledge of allegiance case...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:00 AM • 4 Comments
June 28, 2007
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Just when you thought STACLU had stooped as low as it could go you find this post by Glib Fortuna and this staggeringly dishonest claim: With American judges relying more on foreign law (yeah, yeah, "instructive, but not binding," suuuuuuure)...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 7 Comments
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I previously reported on the situation in Slidell, LA, where the ACLU is preparing to file suit to remove a picture of Jesus from the city courthouse. Predictably, some of the local residents are mad at the ACLU and they...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 21 Comments
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A reader sent a link to this bumper sticker: I like it....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 21 Comments
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Says a Utah judge: A jilted fiance can't recover the money he spent on an engagement ring or for his vasectomy, the Utah Court of Appeals ruled last week. The couple dated for three months before getting engaged in July...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 23 Comments
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Gerard Harbison, who comments here from time to time, has a couple of posts on his blog about a holocaust denier being jailed in Germany and the religious right coming to his defense in this country (it should perhaps be...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 49 Comments
June 27, 2007
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Most people probably don't know about the Presidential Scholars program; I only do because a friend of mine in high school was named one. It's one of the biggest honors a high school senior can get, with only two from...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:31 AM • 19 Comments
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Talking Points Memo has a great video of White House Press Secretary Dana Perino trying to explain to the press corps why Cheney was a member of the executive branch when he wanted to claim executive privilege but is now...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:25 AM • 14 Comments
