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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
November 30, 2007
Joe Murray, former staff attorney for the American Family Association, has started a blog that will undoubtedly provide great commentary on the religious right. I'll be adding Paleo Place to my regular reading list....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 4 Comments •
Sometimes when the stars align just perfectly, you get a confluence of events that changes human history forever; this, of course is what began the Age of Aquarius (it was either that or someone wasn't listening when they were told...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 24 Comments •
Scott Bloch, head of the Office of Special Counsel, is in trouble yet again. The OSC is the office that is charged with investigating claims of discrimination or retaliation for whistleblowing in the Federal government, yet Bloch himself has been...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 12 Comments •
Richard Roberts says God told him to resign from ORU: God told him on Thanksgiving that he should resign the next day, Roberts told students in the university's chapel. "Every ounce of my flesh said 'no'" to the idea, Roberts...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 11 Comments •
My buddy Wes Elsberry has a post at his blog about the DI possibly suing Iowa State over the tenure denial of Guillermo Gonzalez. They claim to have proof that the administration considered Gonzalez' advocacy of ID in their decision...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 14 Comments •
November 29, 2007
As I write this, the Celtics are beating the Knicks 100-51. No, that's not a typo. In the last two weeks, Isiah benched Marbury, who immediately left the team and flew home to pout. Then he rejoined the team and...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 10:33 PM • 11 Comments •
And it involves perfect non-denial denials from the Archdiocese of New York and the Association for Christian Retail. The Archdiocese says that there's no "conclusive evidence" for the allegations (never mind the photographs, the testimonials, the smuggled production orders and...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 5:22 PM • 10 Comments •
Well, if you're Scottish. Saw this at Balko's blog and just had to laugh. The Scottish government spent more than a quarter million dollars to come up with a new slogan to bring in the tourists. And the winner is:...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 4:27 PM • 19 Comments •
Here's the AP report, which does not bother to mention that Hyde, while pursuing impeachment of Bill Clinton and being one of the most sanctimonious moralists in politics, was busted for having an affair. He amusingly called the affair, which...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 11:46 AM • 23 Comments •
The state of Florida is considering new science standards that actually discuss evolution openly rather than the euphemistic "biological change over time" (welcome to the 19th century, folks), but some schools are unhappy about it. The Polk County School Board...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 21 Comments •
