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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)
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September 30, 2008
And this time it involves a reader of this blog, Barry Hazle. Hazle was arrested on drug possession charges and after spending a year in jail, he was required as a condition of probation to attend a 90 day residential...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 98 Comments •
CBS did an interview with Sarah Palin's parents. And I know every parent has rose-colored glasses when it comes to their kids, but seriously: What part of her personality, or her upbringing, is going to serve her best in all...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 11 Comments •
With the failure of the bailout bill in the House yesterday, both parties are pointing fingers at one another. The most ridiculous bit of blame mongering came from House Minority Leader John Boehner: House Republican leaders blamed Nancy Pelosi, the...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 71 Comments •
To paraphrase Albert Brooks' wonderful character in Broadcast News, that's a lot of alliteration for anxious authors placed in powerful posts. Just to show you how prepared Palin is on foreign policy, the first statement she's actually made about any...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 19 Comments •
This comes as no surprise. The Houston Chronicle reports that several members of the Texas BOE, including the incomparably clueless Terri Leo, have sent an email to school boards and school administrators encouraging them to use the blatantly unconstitutional NCBCPS...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 20 Comments •
September 29, 2008
This is very funny. I especially loved the "I'd like to use one of my lifelines" bit. Video below the fold:...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 19 Comments •
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has filed a second lawsuit against the Pentagon for violating the rights of American soldiers by unconstitutionally promoting Christianity at mandatory events. You can see the full complaint here. The case is being handled by...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 25 Comments •
The polls show that support for Sarah Palin is, after an initial frenzy of fascination, is declining rapidly. Conservative commentators like George Will have already slammed her nomination as McCain's Vice Presidential running mate. And now Kathleen Parker, writing in...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 37 Comments •
Lucian Bebchuk, a professor of law, economics and finance at Harvard Law School, presents what seems to me to be a much better bailout plan than the one being offered by the Bush administration (though again, I admit that this...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 13 Comments •
Timothy Sandefur has written a review of Henry Mark Holzer's The Supreme Court Opinions of Clarence Thomas. The review is going to appear in the NYU Journal of Law and Liberty, but you can get it on SSRN. It's particularly...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 6 Comments •
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