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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
June 30, 2010
From one of Andrew Sullivan's readers, who explains exactly why the notion of perfectly objective, unbiased, opinion-free journalists is a pipe dream that not only never existed but should not exist now -- should not even be strived for. It's...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:09 PM • 21 Comments •
The wingnut attorney general of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, told a gathering of high school students in his state that the 14th amendment's equal protection clause does not protect gays and lesbians because the people who wrote it didn't like dirty...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:02 PM • 125 Comments •
The Montana GOP is apparently tired of being ignored and wants its moment in the sun. In their new platform, they're calling for making homosexuality illegal too: Homosexual Acts We support the clear will of the people of Montana expressed...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:30 AM • 48 Comments •
I have to say I'm quite surprised that the Supreme Court upheld the school's non-discrimination policy in CLS v Martinez. This is the case over whether the Hastings School of Law could force a Christian Legal Society chapter to admit...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:23 AM • 9 Comments •
The Washington Post's ombudsman defends their decision to fire Dave Weigel and fails miserably at it. He can't even honestly state the case, judging by this statement: He said that when Weigel was hired, he was vetted in the same...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:16 AM • 9 Comments •
The National Review seems to have a different definition of the phrase "on the verge" than I do. One of their writers declares: You won't hear about it in the mainstream media, but the Electoral College is on the verge...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:09 AM • 73 Comments •
From Fox News' Brian Kilmeade, who appears to have the IQ of a turnip: KILMEADE: The President took a matter of hours to pick a commander in Afghanistan so why is it taking months to plug the leaking oil? Who...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:02 AM • 40 Comments •
June 29, 2010
Today is another big day for the American Independent News Network, as we are launching our 8th site, the American Independent. The site will do some news aggregation from our other state sites -- Michigan, Iowa, Colorado, Minnesota and New...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:16 PM • 6 Comments •
In case you don't despise Richard Nixon enough, let me add some fuel to the fire. The New York Times reports on Nixon's response to the Supreme Court legalizing abortion. He wasn't a big fan of abortion, but he supported...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:09 PM • 68 Comments •
Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) has figured out the secret terrorist plot against America: "I talked to a retired FBI agent who said that one of the things they were looking at were terrorist cells overseas who had figured out how...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:02 PM • 64 Comments •
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