Cover-Your-Ass Security: Cops, Mooninites and Terror

My obsession with the Mooninites continues... but this article goes beyond the Boston debacle and also discusses reactionary airport security. I've often joked that, if terrorists really wanted to mess with the USA, then they'd send somebody to the airport with a tiny...

Two Arrested Over Mooninite Ad Campaign

While the pros and cons of guerilla marketing are open to debate, there is no legitimate reason for Turner Broadcasting System to apologize for Boston's paranoia. The arrests are clearly an attempt by the city to legitimize their own skittishness."Authorities have arrested...

Boston devices a cartoon publicity ploy

More than 10 blinking electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. Most if not all of the devices depict a character giving the finger.

[Music] Bulldozin' Bluesman

"John Horton III is sitting in the cab of his bulldozer on a cool early December morning in Swift Water, Miss. As the Aqua Farms crew rebuilds a catfish pond, he rehearses alone on his harmonica for the upcoming weekend’s performance. Only the harmonica and his name, in...