Science Fiction writer Octavia Butler died on February 24, 2006, after hitting her head on a walkway near her home near Seattle. She was 58.
She remains the only science fiction writer to receive one of the vaunted “genius grants” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, a hard-earned $295,000 windfall in 1995 that [...]

The World Trade Center bombing that killed six and injured over 1,000 was 13 years ago today, February 26, 1993. The terrorists failed to bring down the towers that day but eventually succeeded, on September 11. 2001 — about eight and a half years later.
Keep that gap of eight years in mind the next time [...]

There’s an odd silence coming from Florida’s top executive, compared with other states threatened by port takeovers by the United Arab Emirates.
A Florida editorial declined to play up Jeb’s omission, but then again, it didn’t have to.
Sleep well, Florida. The president — and Jeb — have got your back.
The governors of states affected [...]

Having lost any claim to national defense (aka homeland security), fiscal responsibility, and limited government as core Republican values, Florida GOoPers are still hanging on to brand identity in one area: homophobia.
By many accounts the marriage amendment stands to mobilize religious conservatives who would likely vote Republican. Lee…said that has nothing to do with [...]

Over one year ago, PR reported on U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Stolen Elections) trying to divest herself of the same illegal contributions which former California Representative Duke Cunningham is going to jail for accepting.
“The congressman who got the most money is going to prison,” McLaughlin said. “The one who got the second-most money wants [...]

New word: Here’s a new term for the OED — get “cheneyed,” which means to get inebriated. To get properly cheneyed, you should:
1. Drink until intoxicated.
2. Accidentally shoot someone.
3. Lie about your actions.
Most people skip step 2.
(Variation: “Get cheney-eyed.” As in: “After that twelfth beer, Dick was positively cheney-eyed.”)

Alert PR reader Vito D. had a really good question for the Deputy Defense Secretary. Gordon England said last week that those who question the port deal put our security at risk by giving people from Arab countries a complex. Vito asked:
Why not abolish the Secret Service and let U.A.E. guard the President? Now this [...]

Michael Brown tells NBC News that President Bush was fully informed prior to landfall that Hurricane Katrina would likely destroy New Orleans:
“We ought to get mad at the President… The alarm bells were being sounded on Sunday. Because not only was I having conferences with the President on the telephone, but he was also on [...]

Remember the equation set forth by the GOP message machine:
Criticizing President Bush = Hating America
The latest America-hating critic of Dear Leader is the elder statesman of conservative fantasists himself, William F. Buckley. Under the headline “It Didn’t Work,” he writes:
One can’t doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed… And the administration has, [...]