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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, 2006
Today should be fun. I'm going to watch my dad drive a race car at 170 miles per hour or so. It's a birthday gift that he's really excited about. So I'll be gone most of the day for that....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:47 AM • 2 Comments •
Raw Story reports that Rep. Mark Foley has been caught sending suggestive emails to a 16 year old congressional page. Foley is one of the many "family values" Republican legislators who is secretly gay (though not so secret anymore, he...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:41 AM • 17 Comments •
Award-winning art teacher takes her class on a trip to Dallas Museum of Art. Principal not only approves the trip but encourages the teacher to do it. Parents all sign permission slips for the kids to go. The kids see...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:37 AM • 23 Comments •
September 29, 2006
Category: Religious Right Leaders
This is quite a shock. Dick Armey, a former Congressman who was always on the side of the religious right, is now out of politics and telling the truth: In the interview, Armey responded pointedly when Sager asked why he...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 2:17 PM • 14 Comments •
I found this on Pam Spaulding's blog and I think it was made by someone who comments here once in a while (M.T. Rational XXXIV). It's....Gaypocalypse Now....
Posted by Ed Brayton at 2:11 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Law
Jack Balkin says no: First, the MCA puts the President in an interesting position: the U.S. is still bound by Geneva, but there is no way for individuals to enforce violations of Geneva (except that grave breaches of Common Article...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 12:05 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Liberty
Famed libertarian legal scholar Richard Epstein testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee a few days ago about the detainee bill that was just passed and awaits Bush's inevitable signature. What he said is very important. Far more is...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 10:10 AM • 15 Comments •
Category: History
Jon Rowe has an excellent post once again blasting David Barton for his utterly irrational historical revisionism in regard to religion and the constitution. He points to a document I've never seen before, an affidavit that Barton filed in the...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:46 AM • 7 Comments •
Category: Liberty
The case against a British minister for handing out leaflets at a gay pride event has been dropped. Unfortunately, the police are clearly engaging in doublespeak to justify the arrest in the first place. South Wales Police force has defended...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:34 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: ACLU
It's been a couple weeks since Glib Fortuna said something really stupid (or at least since I'd noticed it), which may be a record for him. But he's back with another utterly clueless post about HR 2679. He's accusing the...
Posted by Ed Brayton at 9:18 AM • 2 Comments •
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