Boston Bombing
A Trip Home to Boston After the Bombing
It was Friday night, and I was traveling north from Philadelphia to my native Cambridge, hours after the Boston area had been locked down. By […]
Amanda Palmer Writes Poem For Boston Bombing Suspect
The last time that New York musician Amanda Palmer pissed people off, it was because she tried to get away with paying guest musicians with […]
America Is Soft on Terrorism
The cowardly murderous attack on innocent and defenseless men, women and children at the Boston Marathon on April 15th was terrorism. Accordingly, if preliminary reports […]
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Communicating in Writing; And Other News from Boston
19 year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is conscious and responding to queries in writing at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, according to the latest […]
I Don’t Need Healing After What Happened in Boston and Neither Do You
I know this is going to come as a shock to you. After all, you were right there through it all last week—the horrific […]
How Twitter Wrongfully Accused, Then Cleared Bryn Mawr Man of Boston Bombing
Like many of you, I was up most of the night following the jaw-dropping events in Boston to the best of Twitter’s ability. Between […]
Photos: Bradley Cooper Visits Boston Victims
Yesterday I told you that Bradley Cooper visited victims of the Boston Marathon bombings currently in the hospital. Today, some photo evidence. Boston bombing victim […]
After Boston Bombing, Penn Relays Undergoing Changes
The Penn Relays, taking place next weekend, is instituting tighter security measures than usual, after this Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings. Here is a list of […]
Boston Bombing Suspect Obama Supporter on Twitter?
New York Magazine has posted an article highlighting 80-plus tweets from Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. One they left out was this retweet of […]
Report: @J_Tsar is Boston Bombing Suspect’s Twitter Account
According to this story on Gawker, @J_Tsar is the still-active Twitter feed of alleged Boston bomber Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev. And judging by the exponential growth […]
A Primer on Chechnya
The two brothers believed responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings, both ethnic Chechens, immigrated from nearby Dagestan, Russia reportedly immigrated from Chechnya in 2002 and 2003. […]
Missing Bryn Mawr Man Caught Up in Boston Manhunt
During the manhunt for at least two Boston bombing suspects over night—and before police reported that they were searching for two brothers from Chechnya—Bryn Mawr’s […]
Photos: Philly Runs for Boston
About 2,000 Philadelphians ran from City Hall to the Liberty Bell last night in what Philly Mag health and fitness editor Emily called “the […]
Among Boston Bombing Conspiracy Theorists, Who Had Chechnya?
After the terrorist attacks on 9/11, it took me about three days to find my first full-blown conspiracy theory about the specifics surrounding the event […]
Transportation To and From Boston Suspended
AP reports: “Amtrak has stopped trains about an hour south of the city in Providence, R.I. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which operates commuter trains […]