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)
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The Worldnutdaily has an amusing article about a Christian group trying to get a rather odd monument removed in Georgia. A Christian organization is pressuring the community of Elberton, Ga., to tear down a massive, granite monument that lists an...
Of the Virgin Mary. At least 50 people have lost their sight after staring at the sun hoping to see an image of the Virgin Mary, according to reports... Forty-eight cases of sight-loss, allegedly caused by photochemical burns on the...
So says John Ferguson, a constitutional law scholar and Baptist minister who offered to help the school board put together guidelines for the Bible courses that would help local school districts avoid violating the constitution and being dragged into court,...
I don't know who wrote it, but it was an email sent to Andrew Sullivan or one of his guest bloggers. I think it's pretty much dead on. I've been a critic of PZ for his anti-religious fervor in some...
You simply must read this fawning, sycophantic column by Pat Boone about Rush Limbaugh. It begins: Rush Limbaugh is a patriot. Pure and simple, a patriot. I see him in the select company of other patriots like Paul Revere, Thomas...
Which is okay, the feeling is mutual. Actually, he doesn't like someone named "Ed Drayton." It seems our friend mroberts has been tattling on me. He ran over to Vox Day's website to post a link and says, "Vox, looks...
You may remember a few months ago I posted about a lawsuit against Ponce de Leon High School in Florida, where the principal had suspended several students and declared that no one could have any message on anything in the...
If the anti-gay crowd is really serious about going after any company that supports the "gay agenda" by supporting the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, they're gonna have to boycott pretty much every major business in the country....
Regina Griggs of PFOX (Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays) continues to tell whoppers. In this article at OneNewsNow she tells a huge lie: "Why are we allowing people to tell them, 'Try it -- you might like it?' Over 70...
I laughed out loud at the television while watching John McCain interviewed by Wolf Blitzer and asked about his vow to catch Osama Bin Laden. The question: BLITZER: Let's talk a little bit about some national security issues. You're president...