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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, 2010
Balko links to this amusing article about a new heightened security measure at the airport in Austin, Texas. The supergeniuses have a brilliant new plan to fight terrorism: random, voluntary car inspections. Cars heading to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport will see...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 43 Comments •
This blog has some ideas for who would be in what cabinet positions if you were choosing from among bloggers for the jobs. I like some of the suggestions. Spencer Ackerman for Secretary of Defense is a good one. Friend...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 19 Comments •
From the incomparably clueless Matthew Staver, quoted by the Worldnutdaily: "Those who wish to revise American history are often ignorant of history," said Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel. "Some secularists wish to revise history in order to bury America's...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 99 Comments •
A longstanding Gallup tracking poll shows how dramatically public opinion has shifted when it comes to gay relationships. Americans' support for the moral acceptability of gay and lesbian relations crossed the symbolic 50% threshold in 2010. At the same time,...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 30 Comments •
May 30, 2010
It's getting to the point where I'm gonna have to have dumbass quotes of the hour. This one is from Newt Gingrich, defending Michael Steele: GINGRICH: And I think overall he is a very impressive guy despite the fact -...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 19 Comments •
Someone sent me this video of Andrew Schlafly arguing a case in front of the New Jersey Supreme Court on behalf of an organization that wants to recall Sen. Bob Menendez. New Jersey has a law allowing for recalls of...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 43 Comments •
Foreign Policy magazine has a profile of Mikey Weinstein and the first two sentences made me laugh: Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein shares his hate mail with both friends and strangers the way elderly people show off photos of their grandkids....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 3 Comments •
Another hilarious episode of Drunk History, showing what happens when you get people drunk and have them tell stories from history -- and then have real actors act it out. This one stars Don Cheadle and Will Farrell....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 8 Comments •
May 29, 2010
Okay, it's a holiday weekend so I'm taking it easy. This is your open thread to yell and scream about anything you want. Just clean up after yourself cuz the maid doesn't come until Tuesday....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 51 Comments •
May 28, 2010
Glenn Beck's hilariously paranoid delusions continue to pour forth. Everyone who criticizes him gets thrown together into one giant conspiracy to "destroy" him and "silence" him. And he's just the beginning; they're coming after you next: Polarize that individual and...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:09 PM • 63 Comments •
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