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He is the co-founder and president of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323073126/http://www.michigancitizensforscience.org/">Michigan Citizens for Science</a> and co-founder of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323073126/http://www.pandasthumb.org/">The Panda's Thumb</a>. 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 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090323073126/http://www.declaringindependenceradio.com/">Declaring Independence</a>, a one hour weekly political talk show on WPRR in Grand Rapids, Michigan.(static)</p></div> </article> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockusers-posts-block-user-posts clearfix" id="block-sciblogs-bs-views-block-users-posts-block-user-posts"> <h3>Posts by this author</h3> <div class="form-group"><div class="row clearfix view view-users-posts view-id-users_posts view-display-id-block_user_posts js-view-dom-id-acb4f295737c26b79a30034524eaadba5771d5725971386a40e6b330637a70fa"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="col-xs-6 eq-height views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h5 class="field-content"><a href="/dispatches/2010/03/texas_sboe_wingnuts_lose_prima.php" hreflang="en">Texas SBOE Wingnuts Lose Primary Battles</a></h5></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content">March 4, 2010</span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><span class="field-content">Here's some good news out of Texas: Three out of five of the wingnuts running for the State Board of Education lost those elections -- including former board chairman Don McLeroy, who lost his seat to Thomas Ratliff. And a fourth wingnut was forced into a runoff to decide the election. Cynthia…</span></div></div> <div class="col-xs-6 eq-height views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><h5 class="field-content"><a href="/dispatches/2009/02/ray_comfort_utter_fucking_moro.php" hreflang="en">Ray Comfort: Utter Fucking Moron</a></h5></div><div class="views-field views-field-created"><span class="field-content">February 9, 2009</span></div><div class="views-field views-field-body"><span class="field-content">This kind of illogic is breathtaking even from a clueless git like Ray Comfort: In a new book sure to push the buttons of atheists, one of the most prominent evangelists in the world today charges God deniers actually know they are wrong. 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