Richard Bravo

The Depositor Haircut

lrb.co.uk — Before I went to Cyprus, before I met Panikos Demetriou, it seemed to me that ordinary people hadn't done too badly in the rescue of the Cypriot financial system. Ordinary people with up to 100,000 euros in the two biggest banks, Laiki and Bank of Cyprus, got to keep their money; surely .

The School - C.J. Chivers - Investigation of 2004 Shooting at Russian School - Esquire

esquire.com — On the first day of school in 2004, a Chechen terrorist group struck the Russian town of Beslan. Targeting children, they took more than eleven hundred hostages. The attack represented a horrifying innovation in human brutality. Here, an extraordinary accounting of the experience of terror in the age of terrorism.

The Wrong Man - David Freed - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com — In the fall of 2001, a nation reeling from the horror of 9/11 was rocked by a series of deadly anthrax attacks. As the pressure to find a culprit mounted, the FBI, abetted by the media, found one. The wrong one.

No Arrest Made in Bombing Investigation

fbi.gov — Contrary to widespread reporting, no arrest has been made in connection with the Boston Marathon attack. Over the past day and a half, there have been a number of press reports based on information from unofficial sources that has been inaccurate.

Marijuana's celebrity stigma goes up in smoke

usatoday.com — Young stars are acknowledging, if not celebrating, their cannabis consumption. Rihanna sports a shirt with a marijuana leaf during a show in Berlin in November. (Photo: Target Presse Agentur Gmbh, Getty Images) The toke torch is being passed in Tinseltown. It used to be that Hollywood potheads were grizzled and off-the-mainstream grid - think Cheech & Chong and Willie Nelson.