May 30, 2005

This issue investigated the Oil-for-Food scandal, examining how the United Nations program meant to provide humanitarian relief to Iraq under Saddam Hussein became mired in corruption and abuse. Stephen F. Hayes and Christopher Hitchens explored the connections between Saddam and various international figures who benefited from or enabled the scandal, including Kofi Annan, Benon Sevan, and others. P.J. O'Rourke contributed commentary on celebrity taxation in a lighter piece.