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January 5, 2004 Issue
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Editorial
Saddam’s Inglorious End
"The enemies of a free Iraq have lost their leader," said George Bush following the capture of Saddam Hussein.
Have Yourself a Pentagon Xmas
'Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the house
The Special Forces team was inserted
As quiet as a mouse.
Blue States, Latino Voters
For almost forty years now, the white South has been moving steadily into the Republican ranks.
The New Money Game
Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA), better known as the McCain-Feingold law, by a 5-to-4 majority, is the need for campaign financ...
Column
Money, Money, Money
It really is extraordinary. Bechtel is awarded the biggest reconstruction contract in Iraq without having to compete for it.
How to Kill Saddam
The last time I saw pictures of a man in need of a haircut being displayed as a trophy of the American Empire it was Che Guevara, stretched out dead on a table in Vallegrande,...
Letters
Books & the Arts
What Are They Reading?
"People try to be so fussy and particular when they look at politics," observes Zillah, a character in Tony Kushner's 1987 play, A Bright Room Called Day, "but what I t...
Rebel Without a Cause
By the time that Jeanne Moreau cut the cake for his twenty-fifth birthday on the set of Elevator to the Gallows, Louis Malle had already been joint winner of an Oscar f...
Skeletons in the Closet
Editor's Note: Due to an unfortunate glitch in production, two lines are missing from the printed version of Daniel Lazare's essay. They have been restored in this version....
Running on Empty
If ever there was an event that called for reflection on what was left of the New Left, it was the 1981 Brink's robbery.
