Boston Marathon
Boston Bombing Hoaxer, You Have My Attention
A self-described "performance artist" named Kayvon Edson attempted to stage a reenactment of the Boston Marathon bombing on the day of the tragedy's one-year anniversary. If this was a plea for attention, I guess it worked.
A Long Way from Home
What has America done to Chechnya? While we’ll still be searching for more information about the Tsarnaev brothers and what motivated them for months—if not years—to come, their roots in Chechnya and the history of that country are a good place to...
A Stone for Michael Stewart
Last week you threw away a Crock-Pot your mom gave you for Christmas 20 years ago.
YouTube Vloggers Respond to the Boston Marathon Bombings
The never-ending news cycle led me to the strange world of YouTube vloggers—teens and basement-dwelling weirdos offering their reactions to the tragic events in Boston. I'm not very familiar with the vlogging community, being that I'm over the age of...
Why Sports Help
In the wake of tragedy, it's important to remember that you aren't being disrespectful to the victims by trying to distract yourself by watching the game.
Why Sports Help
There is nothing out there on the internet, nothing useful to learn about the Boston bombings, only more of the guilty inertia that leads us to put this shit on in the background in the first place. There’s nothing here for us, at the moment. So I’m...
Outside the Bombing Suspects' Home in Boston
As the manhunt for Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev continues, a reader sent us these photos from outside the home Dzhokhar shared with his brother, who was killed early this morning by Boston police. The photographer, Samuel Quinn, lives a few blocks from the...
Bomb Threats and Bagpipes on a Day of False Reports in Boston
Rising above the murmur of a parking lot filled with media vans, reporters, and gawking passersby, a noise familiar to many Bostonians broke out—the bleating of bagpipes. A man identified as longshoreman Mike Murphy played the elegiac melody “Amazing...
The Boston Bomber Is Not Eric Twardzik
Two days ago, radio show host Jay Thomas inaccurately said that “Eric Twardzik” had been arrested by Boston Police in connection with the Boston bombings. Eric, however, is the student who took the viral photo of an alleged "suspect" of the bombing...
Where Were You When the Bombs Went Off?
To get a sense of how the city was dealing with Monday’s terrorist attack, I walked Boston’s streets the day after the Marathon bombing and talked to people about where they were when the attack went down and whether or not they feel safe in their city...
What Happened to Boston's Cell Phone Network After the Marathon Bombing?
David Willey, editor of Runner's World magazine, said it best when he tweeted: "I have been dreading the possibility of this day for many years."