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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
March 31, 2008
I wanna say a big thanks to my readers for helping Dispatches set a new record. For the first time, this blog passed 400,000 hits in a month and even did it with a day to spare. Now I just...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 11:44 AM • 46 Comments •
My friend Andi sent along a link to this study in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, which found that those who are homophobic are much more likely to be aroused by male homoerotic imagery than those who are not. The...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 67 Comments •
Ilana Mercer has responded to my criticism of her calling Barack Obama by his middle name in order to give the false impression that he's Muslim (scroll to the update at the bottom). And I have a feeling you're going...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 32 Comments •
Happy 5 year anniversary to Sandefur and his blog, Freespace. His was one of the first blogs I found and the first friendships I formed when I discovered blogging about 6 months after he did. He's written enough brilliant essays...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 0 Comments •
The New York Times has an interview with John Hagee, who seems rather eager not to discuss some of his controversial past statements, or to distort them and claim he said something entirely different. Like this: What about your observation...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 14 Comments •
The Texas state legislature voted last year to encourage public schools to teach Bible courses, but they left it to the State Board of Education to create guidelines for those courses. The SBOE is working on them now, but apparently...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 17 Comments •
March 30, 2008
Here's one of the crazier poker hands you'll ever see: 5 pocket pairs in the same hand, including aces, kings and queens. Video below the fold....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:25 AM • 5 Comments •
Incubus is one of the best new bands of the last few years, in my opinion. A very versatile lead singer with inventive musicians behind him and an ethos that takes inspiration from a wide variety of musical styles makes...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 6 Comments •
I'm sure this will come as a surprise to no one. Ilana Mercer has a column in the Worldnutdaily and on the commentary page the link to it looks like this:...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 35 Comments •
The New York Times has an article about a Pentagon contract given to a fly by night company run by a 22 year old (and his faithful VP, whose major credential is being a licensed massage therapist) to supply ammunition...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 13 Comments •
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