Our old friend Ed Brayton, high priest and chief bottle washer at Dispatches from the Culture Wars through all these years — as a solo blog, at the late, Seed Magazine Science Blogs, and then for the past few years at FreeThought Blogs — is pulling back from his administrative work at FtB. He’s also moving Dispatches to Patheos.
Masthead for Ed Brayton’s Dispatches from the Culture Wars
There’s been angst. Brayton established FtB and is known as the owner of the network; it’ll take a committee to try to replace him there.
The most famous photograph of the Paparazzi-eluding Ed Brayton. From his Twitter page, @edbrayton.
Ed’s been a good friend to Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub over the years, encouraging and making key starter suggestions (along with P. Z. Myers of Pharyngula). More important, Brayton’s been a staunch defender of thinking issues through. He’s stood up firmly for religious freedom, academic freedom and good science, among a bunch of other issues over the years.
Change your bookmarks to get the freshest stuff. As he does live in Michigan and knows Michigan politics, he’s probably the go to guy for straight dope on the Courser scandals, for example.
Good luck, wish you well, Ed.
Good luck FreethoughtBlogs, too.
Posted by Ed Darrell 
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 