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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, 2008
The Secular Student Alliance reports: Social networking site, MySpace.com, panders to religious intolerants by deleting atheist users, groups and content. Early this month, MySpace again deleted the Atheist and Agnostic Group (35,000 members). This deletion, due largely to complaints from...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 51 Comments •
Politics being largely the art of saying the ridiculous with a straight face, it's not uncommon to watch the news and end up staring at the screen in disbelief as some official says something that your average 6 year old...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 19 Comments •
Mike Huckabee has the Nature Boy Ric Flair, John McCain has Sylvester Stallone and now Barack Obama has Hulk Hogan. Hogan declared on the Jimmy Kimmel show that he's supporting Obama. I'm all giddy. We're obviously one step closer to...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 19 Comments •
Conservative members of the Israeli Knesset have submitted legislation to ban gay pride events in Jerusalem. The proposed amendment to Basic Law: Jerusalem, would enable the Jerusalem Municipal Council to ban gay parades and rallies for considerations of disturbance to...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 14 Comments •
It appears that someone doesn't want anyone to know about our investigative report on Sovereign Deed. As of January 17th, there were links to 6 Michigan Messenger articles on the company. On January 20th, the external links were edited and...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 10 Comments •
January 30, 2008
I am a feminist. On most issues, like choice on abortion and equal pay for equal work, I'm likely to agree with the position of the National Organization of Women. At the same time, I am highly skeptical of identity...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 123 Comments •
Jack Lessenberry has responded to our investigative work on Sovereign Deed with an essay on his website. Key excerpt: Sovereign Deed's entire premise is this: In the event of a disaster, some lives are worth more than others, so we...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 13 Comments •
This could get really interesting. Blackwater has filed a legal malpractice suit against the Wiley Rein law firm, one of the real heavy hitters in Washington legal circles. Wiley Rein had represented Blackwater in a wrongful death suit filed by...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 11 Comments •
A 23 year old student and journalist has been sentenced to death in Afghanistan for blasphemy. Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh was arrested last fall for publishing on the internet an article critical of the treatment of women in the Quran. The...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 27 Comments •
My Talk2Action colleague Sarah Posner has a post at the American Prospect blog about Mike Huckabee's relationship with TV evangelist and con man Kenneth Copeland. Copeland is a mentor to Huckabee, who dropped out of divinity school to join Copeland's...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 12 Comments •
