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brayton_headshot_wre_1443.jpg 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)

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December 31, 2007

Public School Foot Washing

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Lauren Smith has a post at the Americans United blog about a case in South Carolina they're involved with. AU sent a letter to two school districts there who were allowing a Christian group called Laces 4 Love come in...

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Gary Shumway Makes a Fool of Himself

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Remember Gary Shumway, the clueless dolt from redpills.org? Well he's back with yet another idiotic attack on me based primarily on his own ability to think and observe. He's all upset about my post on Ron Paul and evolution, particularly...

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Domestic Terrorists Still Bombing

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With our current obsession over Muslim terrorists abroad, let's not forget that there are domestic terrorists operating right here within our borders. Here's a story of two men in New Mexico who firebombed an abortion clinic just a few weeks...

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US Mint Dawdles on Trusting God

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The Worldnutdaily reports that the US Mint will take as long as a year to get "In God We Trust" moved from the edge to the front of the one dollar presidential commemorative coins. Personally, I'm terrified. That gives God...

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December 30, 2007

Fact and Theory in Science

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After 3 days of being inundated with ignorant creationists and others spouting incredibly popular but absolutely wrongheaded claims about the meaning of "fact" and "theory" in science, I think it's a good idea to post what I think is the...

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The Brady Bunch and Shakespearean Pretensions

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Jon Rowe is linking to some of his old posts and this one is one of my all time favorites. It's about Robert Reed, who played the father on the Brady Bunch. Reed was a classically trained actor and, it...

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Barry Crimmins: The Year That Was

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The brilliant and legendary Barry Crimmins, one of the great political satirists in the country, has an end of year retrospective in the Boston Phoenix. As always, it's full of little gems. Like this one: The Dems took their seats...

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December 29, 2007

Oh Yeah, I Get Email

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The links to the Ron Paul evolution post not only brought the ignorant out of the woodwork in the comments section, they also prompted an amusing email exchange with someone named David Gondek. Here's his first email to me: Mr....

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Best Political Quotes of 2007

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Glenn Greenwald has a list of them and some of them are pretty funny. He includes one from 2006 from the terminally invertebrate Arlen Specter: "What the bill seeks to do is set back basic rights by some 900 years"...

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Your Tax Dollars at Work

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Remember that little tempest over the $1 presidential coins having "In God We Trust" on the edge rather than on the front or back? Some in the religious right threw a hissy fit about it and now Congress has stepped...

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Kid Rock's Populist Stupidity

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Here's a nominee for the dumbest statement of the year: Kid Rock performed his "What if Kid rock were president of the U.S." and pledged he would "turn churches into strip clubs" but promised, "We would remain one nation under...

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December 28, 2007

Welcome New Readers

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It's strange what gets all the attention and what doesn't. Dispatches is being overrun with hits today because my brief little post about Ron Paul and evolution has gotten links from Andrew Sullivan, Talking Points Memo, the Huffington Post and...

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The Christian Crips and Bloods

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From the mean streets of Bethlehem, I bring you Altar Boyz in the Hood: Robed Greek Orthodox and Armenian priests went at each other with brooms and stones inside the Church of the Nativity on Thursday as long-standing rivalries erupted...

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The Right's Hatred of the French

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Doug Stanhope, on his new DVD, has a brilliant bit about that bizarre anti-French attitude that is so incredibly popular in certain circles in this country. Anyone not embarrassed enough that some of our leaders actually voted to change the...

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Besen on Games Ex-Gays Play

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Wayne Besen has a terrific article about an ex-gay boot camp that tries to convert gay men to straight by having them do really macho things with each other, sometimes while naked. A long excerpt below the fold:...

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Suit Filed Over Green Bay Nativity

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a suit over the Green Bay nativity scene. The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation and 12 Green Bay residents are plaintiffs in the suit to be filed against Green Bay, City Council President...

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