Network Head Resigns Over Boston Shenanigans

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2007 The head of the Cartoon Network has stepped down because of the recent terror scare in Boston, which was caused by the city's overreaction to an advertising ploy -- nine other cities managed not to descend into hysterics when the Lite-Brite-like advertisements began appearing. Jim Samples shouldn't have to lose his job because authorities in Boston mistook a blinking cartoon character for an act of terrorism. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cartoon Ads Spook Boston

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2007 The Cartoon Network has apologized for causing the biggest security scare in Boston since 9/11. City police thought several battery-powered advertisements placed on behalf of the cable channel might be bombs, a misunderstanding that crippled Boston's infrastructure after authorities placed the city on high alert. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Military Prepping New ‘Pentagon Papers’

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2006 The Pentagon has ordered up a series of studies to examine the military's failures in Iraq and Afghanistan, reports the Boston Globe. According to one of the authors, the findings (scheduled for this fall) "won't be pretty." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s Signing Statements: The Top 10 List

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2006 A blogger surfaced The Boston Globe's list of President Bush's most egregious use of signing statements (the "interpretations" Bush makes of about-to-be-signed bills to avoid following the laws' intent). Worst one: Bush asserts a right to waive the torture ban if doing so will prevent terrorist attacks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Macy’s Removes Gay Mannequins After Hate Group Complains

Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2006 Macy's department store in Boston removed from its window a duo of mannequins--one wearing a gay pride flag--after a conservative group complained the display was offensive. (h/t: Towleroad ) Macy's deserves all the criticism it's getting for caving in to the puritans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Day: Steve Almond

Staff / Truthdig May 14, 2006 Almond, an adjunct professor at Boston College, has resigned his post to protest the college's choice of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as commencement speaker. "I cannot, in good conscience, exhort my students to pursue truth and knowledge, then collect a paycheck from an institution that displays such flagrant disregard for both," he writes. Imagine if Colin Powell or George Tenet had shown this kind of moral fortitude. There might not have been a war. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Specter Will Hold Hearing on Bush’s ‘Signing Statements’

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2006 The Republican senator announced the move in the wake of news that Bush used "signing statements" to assert his supposed right to circumvent more than 750 laws passed over the last five years. Legal scholars say the breadth of Bush's use of "signing statements" is unprecedented. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Boston Church Lagging on Pedophile Reforms

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 The state attorney general is blasting the Boston Archdiocese for its failure to implement safeguards to prevent the sexual abuse of children. Missing: a system to track abusive priests, and prevention programs in schools. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )