‘Tell the Saudis to stop lying’
The weekend despatch: The evidence the 9/11 Commission never saw. The American dollar, out of control. + What’s Mew?
In the air
- Is September 11 still an open case? Standpoints from Terry Strada, Dan Christensen, and Gerald Posner.
Features
- Why does the U.S. government keep so many secrets from the American people? Matthew Connelly on how official classification has gone out of control.
- Is the world moving off the dollar? Nicholas Mulder on where it’s slipping—and why the U.S. financial industry has so much riding on it.
Books
- Who really controls the greenback? Brendan Greeley, The Almighty Dollar: 500 Years of the World’s Most Powerful Money.
Music
- What’s Mew?
- & New tracks from Trentemøller, Djrum, Karol G, Arab Strap, & Clark.
+ Weather report
- A stalled front over central Japan drops more water on Nagoya in 60 minutes than the city has seen in 136 years of measuring—and twice as much as its storm drains were built for …
