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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, 2009
I've just been told by a friend and longtime Dispatches reader that Dr. George Tiller, a doctor from Kansas who has long been controversial for performing abortions, was shot and killed a short time ago during a church service where...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:54 PM • 366 Comments •
I had an absolutely horrid night of poker tonight and, since I have a blog, I'm gonna whine about it. In two hours of play I lost $400 while getting great cards. I had pocket queens 4 times in 2...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 8 Comments •
Hell, this may be the dumbass quote of the century. From G. Gordon Liddy, convicted felon and first class fucking asshole, speaking about Judge Sotomayor: Let's hope that the key conferences aren't when she's menstruating or something, or just before...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 33 Comments •
Okay, not dead - but no longer the chairman. The Texas state senate rejected the reappointment of Don McLeroy as chairman of the Texas Board of Education on Thursday, failing to get the 2/3 necessary to ratify his reappointment by...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 2 Comments •
Barney Frank has submitted his bill to legalize and regulate online gambling and the opposition is trotting out some seriously irrational arguments against it. Opponents are mobilizing to defeat the bill. They include social conservatives and professional and amateur sports...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 11 Comments •
May 30, 2009
From John Yoo, who seems intent on setting a Guiness world record for total lack of self-awareness: Conservatives should defend the Supreme Court as a place where cases are decided by a faithful application of the Constitution, not personal politics,...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 38 Comments •
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a landmark 1986 ruling that forbid the police from questioning suspects without their attorney present. The 1986 case, Michigan v Jackson, was overturned on Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling (PDF) in a similar case,...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 67 Comments •
Here's one good thing the Obama administration is doing, giving equal rights and benefits to gay diplomats representing the US around the world. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon announce that gay American diplomats will be given benefits...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 9 Comments •
This happened in Clark County, Nevada, where a police officer was driving 109 mph without his lights and sirens on when he crashed into a truck. The officer died, but the guy who drove the truck is being charged with...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 40 Comments •
May 29, 2009
Gen. David Petraeus, who has been lavished with praise by Republicans for years, tells an interviewer than when it comes to torture and the closing of Gitmo, President Obama is right and former VP Dick Cheney is wrong:...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 23 Comments •
