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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 20, 2009
Just when you think things can't get any more loopy on the right, a new poll has found that a majority of Republicans actually believe that Obama is not the real president because ACORN stole the election for him. TPM...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 61 Comments •
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a strongly worded policy document (PDF) blasting the various defamation of religion resolutions that have been passed by the United Nations over the last few years. It begins: Although these resolutions purport...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 9 Comments •
From Sen. Jeff Sessions, promising to filibuster Obama's judicial nominees after screaming bloody murder at the horrible injustice of filibuster nominations by Democrats: I cannot and will not allow the easy confirmation of an individual who seeks a lifetime appointment...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 11 Comments •
Here's yet another example of a school administration completely missing the point of the First Amendment and violating the free speech rights of students because they don't understand either the free speech clause or the establishment clause. A student in...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 48 Comments •
Even Newt Gingrich is recognizing the danger of purging the Republican party of all but the most hardcore right-wing candidates running for office. In an interview with Politico, he says: "If we get into a cycle where there are tea...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 14 Comments •
November 19, 2009
On tonight's Declaring Independence: Spencer Ackerman will be on discussing Afghanistan and other foreign policy challenges facing the Obama administration. Nat Hentoff will be on for the second time, but this time we'll be mostly discussing jazz history. As always,...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:37 AM • 3 Comments •
Neo-con rag The Weekly Standard has one of the most ridiculous and intellectually dishonest screeds against the ACLU that you will ever read. They are mad as hell that the ACLU released that video of former Guantanamo inmates detailing their...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 125 Comments •
It turns out that those rumors from an Alaskan activist about Palin being a creationist were true. Not that anyone should be shocked by this; given Palin's religious views it would be extremely shocking if she was not a creationist....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 86 Comments •
From our old friend Joseph Farah: Further, I would suggest to you the big "take-away" from any biblical study of the death penalty would suggest that it is the very basis of God's rules for governance on Earth. It's the...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 64 Comments •
I have to disagree with this post by my friend and co-blogger Jason Kuznicki. This is not something I do lightly because I have such enormous respect for Jason, but I really think he's wrong on this. And he is...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 56 Comments •
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