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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
Category: Books
Jon Rowe here. A little while ago I refuted this article by Bryan Fischer that claimed America's Founders as evangelical Christians. I'm not sure if he's replying to me in this article (rather he replies to some unnamed secularist whom...
Posted by Jon Rowe at 6:51 PM • 27 Comments •
Category: Church and State
I see Ed is back so my services are no longer needed. Many thanks to him and you for the opportunity to reach a wider audience. Check out my regular blogging at the League of Ordinary Gentlemen and American Creation....
Posted by Jon Rowe at 11:49 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Constitutional Law
Newsweek commissioned retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to interview recently retired Justice John Paul Stevens. While the whole relatively short interview is interesting, as an ex-Republican it made my gut twinge to confront one more example of how the recent...
Posted by Michael Heath at 8:02 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Economics
Part 1 reviewed our slowly declining economic growth rate while Part 2 revealed the long-term stability of federal tax receipts coupled to a recent decline to the point we're paying less in federal taxes relative to the size of the...
Posted by Michael Heath at 10:28 AM • 14 Comments •
Category: Climate
As Ed blogged soon after last November's election, climate denialist Rep. Shimkus* was a leading contender for Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce who ultimately crafts energy and climate policy for the House of Representatives. I reported...
Posted by Michael Heath at 7:50 AM • 42 Comments •
Category: Politics
Chris Matthews recently introduced a new segment to his MSNBC show titled, "Let Me Finish". It's a 2:30 minute editorial. Last evening's segment was on the increasing propensity of Republican politicians to advocate for nullification and bandy the notion of...
Posted by Michael Heath at 9:57 AM • 27 Comments •
Category: Economics
Two days ago we considered GDP growth rates in the post-WWII era. Here's what federal receipts relative to their respective year's GDP look like while also considering growth rates. (You can click on all my graphs to move from these...
Posted by Michael Heath at 8:55 AM • 12 Comments •
Category: Climate
Yesterday I posted on how Ted Nugent sells out his diminishing credibility as a hunting advocate to suck-up to Sarah Palin. The second delusional position by Ted Nugent that also reeks of hypocrisy is his position on anthropogenic global warming....
Posted by Michael Heath at 10:03 AM • 73 Comments •
Category: Church and State
Writing in TNR, Mark Lilla informs that intellectuals in China seem genuinely interested in the theories of Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss. I know more about Strauss than Schmitt. My admiration for the Straussians must be strange. I don't agree...
Posted by Jon Rowe at 12:22 PM • 31 Comments •
Category: Comedy
"John Ehrlichman & Bob Haldeman May 13, 1971 498-005 Oval Office" Apparently this was the first episode he saw and didn't know the name of the show. He thinks Meathead/Rob Reiner's character "goes both ways." Like many things Nixon, oddly...
Posted by Jon Rowe at 9:52 AM • 6 Comments •
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