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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
November 30, 2008
Karl Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac suggests exactly that in the Washington Post: Amid the blizzard of résumés blanketing Washington as the Obama era dawns, there is a superbly qualified candidate for full employment whose name has been overlooked. We...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 12 Comments •
The LA Times reports: In a little-noticed regulation change in March, the military's definition of combat-related disabilities was narrowed, costing some injured veterans thousands of dollars in lost benefits -- and triggering outrage from veterans' advocacy groups. The Pentagon said...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 30 Comments •
You may have heard recently about a megachurch pastor in Texas declaring Seven Days of Sex and telling the married couples in his 20,000 member church to have sex every night for a week. The New York Times reports: Mr....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 31 Comments •
The UN Third Committee has passed a resolution calling on countries to prohibit "defamation of religion." This is the latest in a series of non-binding resolutions passed in various UN committees calling for such laws. Those resolutions are sponsored by...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 27 Comments •
November 29, 2008
Joe the Plumber, finding his time as the Cato Kaelin of politics fading fast, is now a "celebrity" endorser for digital converters in Toledo: "This isn't about politics; it's about doing the right thing," Mr. Wurzelbacher says in the video....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 26 Comments •
It's the same old story. Dirty cops use fake drug raids to rob from drug dealers and enrich themselves. Ah, but there's a twist: they bribed a judge to get the search warrants. And yes, this really happened:...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 18 Comments •
Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York has submitted a resolution urging President Bush not to issue any preemptive pardons at the end of his administration. It isn't binding law, it's just a "sense of the House" resolution, but it would...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 32 Comments •
Okay, that's not true. We knew him quite well, or at least the obnoxious persona he projected online. Alas, he has resigned as moderator at Uncommon Descent. We can only hope that he'll do the same thing he did last...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 14 Comments •
November 28, 2008
This is rather unexpected, but I have agreed to make a one-night return to the stand up comedy stage. I got an email this week asking me if I would consider performing at a dinner for the Michigan chapter of...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 15 Comments •
Ted Haggard is back. And he's selling life insurance. Sounds about right to me. He was always a salesman, he's just changed the product. I'm still waiting to see him on late night TV selling Gay-B-Gone....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 12 Comments •
