May 20, 2002 Issue
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Features
Missing–But Not Forgotten
Three decades later, Joyce Horman still hasn't discovered the truth about what happened to her husband in Chile. But she has her theories.
Nick Greenslade
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Editorials
White Should Go–Now
Army Secretary Thomas White appears to be inching closer to becoming the first Bush Administration casualty of the Enron scandal.
Jason Leopold
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Support for Refuseniks
About three weeks ago, Moti Perry, an economics professor from Hebrew University, organized twenty-eight of his colleagues and together they published a letter supporting students who refuse to
Neve Gordon
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Columns
President Bush’s Wag-the-Dog Policy on Iraq
With its admission that an alleged link between Saddam Hussein and the Sept. 11 attacks doesn't exist, the Bush administration has lost its most compelling argument for invading Iraq.
Robert Scheer
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The Saudis and Their Oil Rigs
(Sung to the tune of "The Farmer and the Cowman" from Oklahoma!)
The Saudis and their oil rigs are our friends.
Oh, the Saudis and their oil rigs are our friends.
They can bomb us when they please, we need gas for SUVs.
We're infidels, but we can make amends.
Petrobusiness pals must stick together.
All the guzzlers' gas tanks must be filled.
We'll protect the Saudis' border
While they preach we should be killed.
They teach their kids the Protocols of Zion.
It's jail for women if their hair is showing.
They say that we're corrupt and that we're wicked.
We say, "Whatever. Keep that petrol flowing."
Petrobusiness pals must stick together.
All the guzzlers' gas tanks must be filled.
We'll protect the Saudis' border
While they preach we should be killed.
Calvin Trillin
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Books and the Arts
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The New Old Glory
Lynne Cheney sees the world in black and white. Or, rather, in red, white and blue.
James W. Loewen
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