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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
May 31, 2008
We already knew through the work of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation that there were American Christian groups urging their followers in the military to try and convert the Iraqi people from Islam to Christianity (one group actually had permission...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 26 Comments •
Remember the town of Black Jack, MO? Back in 2006, they denied an occupancy permit to a family because the parents weren't married. The ACLU filed suit on behalf of the family and the city council quickly settled the case....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 8 Comments •
He doesn't appear to live in this one. John Hinderaker, the man who once praised the eloquence of George W. Bush, calling him "a great communicator" and saying that listening to him speak for 40 minutes was "an absolutely riveting...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 23 Comments •
A new memorial has opened in Berlin dedicated to the thousands of gay victims of Adolf Hitler. "This memorial is important from two points of view -- to commemorate the victims, but also to make clear that even today, after...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 10 Comments •
May 30, 2008
St. Louis Today reports: The ACLU filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a southeast Missouri city after a former library worker claimed she was disciplined when she refused to work at an event to promote a Harry Potter book due to...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 47 Comments •
Eugene Volokh makes a powerful argument about the meaningless and arbitrary distinction between "fair criticism" and speech that is mocking or hurtful. He quotes Anthony Comstock, one of the most notorious censors in American history, trying to make the same...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 18 Comments •
In response to the ignorant blatherings of paranoid morons and professional sounders-of-alarm, Dunkin Donuts has pulled the Rachael Ray ad I mentioned the other day. Now I don't mind the ad being pulled; one less chance to see that vacuous...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 20 Comments •
As you probably know by now, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan has a new book out that apparently really goes after the Bush administration on a number of things. Some of those criticisms, as I've seen them cited...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 22 Comments •
The Denton Record-Chronicle reports: The curriculum that the Pilot Point school district recently chose for its Bible class has been under fire by several groups, including academic scholars. Pilot Point is getting its curriculum from the National Council on Bible...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 8 Comments •
May 29, 2008
And the proof was emailed to me this morning by Jeff Hebert. The fact that he's a graphic artist may or may not influence your conclusion on whether it's authentic:...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 11:57 AM • 28 Comments •
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