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This event, like all those held by Boston SOS, had no cause. According to organization founder James Cobalt, “No Pants” is a social experiment to see how people will react to the unexpected in a very mundane environment...
...Pants Boston inserts something into the culture, something that’s not usually there,” said Michael A. Baskin ’11, who participated in No Pants 2008, the first year it was held in this city. “It doesn’t have a message, but it gives people a story...
...Fort, a Democrat, believes that in an era of state budget cuts, this is an issue best left to municipal governments. "Municipalities know best what revenues are needed and how they are needed," Fort told TIME. "Those officials, those school boards, those city councils are going to be held accountable by their constituents and [these caps aren't] helpful when state cuts are requiring cities to look at how to raise revenues. Localities need to be able to control their own property...
...when U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta held a press conference in West Palm Beach on Friday to announce corruption charges against 18-year county commissioner Mary McCarty, he couldn't have summed up the collective feelings of the county's scandal-weary citizens any better. "Today I have a sense of déjà vu," Acosta remarked. (See TIME's top 10 scandals...
...noted that there was, and is, no evidence that these techniques actually work. Experienced military and FBI interrogators believe that torture leads, more often than not, to fabricated confessions. Patient, persistent questioning using subtle psychological carrots and sticks is the surest way to get actionable information. But prisoners held by the U.S. were tortured - first at Guantánamo Bay and later in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Armed Services Committee report details the techniques used on one prisoner: "Military working dogs had been used against [Mohammed al-] Khatani. He had also been deprived of adequate sleep for weeks...