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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
September 30, 2010
Greg Giraldo died the other day of a drug overdose, a huge loss for the comedy world. Greg was one of the funniest guys in the business, easily in the top ten comics working today. In his honor, I'm going...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 2:17 PM • 25 Comments •
On tonight's Declaring Independence: My guest will be Will Cleery, Director of Legal and Public Advocacy for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Eduation (FIRE), a group I support very strongly. We'll be talking about the constant attempts to squash...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:20 PM • 6 Comments •
The New York Times reports: The C.I.A. has drastically increased its bombing campaign in the mountains of Pakistan in recent weeks, American officials said. The strikes are part of an effort by military and intelligence operatives to try to cripple...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 11:37 AM • 25 Comments •
In an interview with Rolling Stone, President Obama offered a transparently lame justification for his administration's constant use of the state secrets privilege: People will say, "I don't know -- you've got your Justice Department out there that's still using...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 11:03 AM • 18 Comments •
This is one of the most staggering instances of a university violating the free speech rights of a student I've ever seen. It's just mind-blowing. A student got thrown out of school for making fun of the Valdosta State University...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 10:04 AM • 11 Comments •
The Worldnutdaily notes that many Glenn Beck fans are inundating him with comments on his website disputing his dismissal of their birther nonsense. Glenn Beck may pooh-pooh the issue of Barack Obama's eligibility based on his qualifications - or lack...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 10:03 AM • 37 Comments •
The Moonie Times has an article about an American general denying that he compared opponents of lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the military with those who opposed racial integration in the military. An Army general playing a...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:35 AM • 16 Comments •
Here's an amusing video made by Randall Terry showing Tea Partiers who to hold their own press conference and get attention by printing up posters with verses from the Quran on them and then ripping those posters up. He actually...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:03 AM • 43 Comments •
September 29, 2010
I'm having a strange problem with the blog. I can't comment on my own blog because there are no boxes to enter my name, email address or website. It still says those things, but the box to the right where...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 1:17 PM • 75 Comments •
Keep an eye on the Michigan Messenger today. At 1 pm, we're breaking a story that could really shake up the sports world -- a story that I really don't like having to publish, for reasons that will be obvious...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:17 PM • 51 Comments •
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