Robert Scheer

Contributing Editor

Robert Scheer, a contributing editor to The Nation, is editor of Truthdig.com and author of The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street (Nation Books), The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America (Twelve) and Playing President (Akashic Books). He is author, with Christopher Scheer and Lakshmi Chaudhry, of The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq (Akashic Books and Seven Stories Press.) His weekly column, distributed by Creators Syndicate, appears in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It The Democrats Who Unleashed Wall Street and Got Away With It

That Lawrence Summers and Bill Clinton, the president he served as treasury secretary, can still get away with disclaiming responsibility for our financial meltdown is an insult to...

Feb 2, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Obama’s Faux Populism Sounds Like Bill Clinton Obama’s Faux Populism Sounds Like Bill Clinton

Betrayal by the “good guys” for whom we have ended up voting has become the norm.

Jan 26, 2012 / Robert Scheer

There’s Hope for Republicans Yet There’s Hope for Republicans Yet

On key issues pertaining to the economic crisis, voters should expect "razor-thin" differences between President Obama and Mitt Romney.

Jan 12, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default

How much are the Democrats counting on the profits and jobs generated by arming the world in the coming election?

Jan 5, 2012 / Robert Scheer

Marginalizing Ron Paul Marginalizing Ron Paul

On the economy, war and peace, and civil liberties, Paul has made the most sense of the Republican candidates.

Dec 29, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Thomas Friedman Is On to the Next ‘Bubble Fantasy’ Thomas Friedman Is On to the Next ‘Bubble Fantasy’

That Friedman’s self-serving feints at the truth still earn him a place of high journalistic regard is a sad commentary on the profession.

Dec 22, 2011 / Robert Scheer

There Goes the Republic There Goes the Republic

The defense authorization bill that Congress passed and President Obama had threatened to veto will soon become law, a fact that should be met with public outrage.

Dec 15, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Government-Sponsored Sinner Government-Sponsored Sinner

The driving faith of the GOP has become the notion that the toxic mixture of moral hypocrisy and unfettered greed is a formula for victory.

Dec 8, 2011 / Robert Scheer

You Can Arrest an Idea You Can Arrest an Idea

Count the liberal mayor of Los Angeles as one of those apologists for suppressing truth in the name of civic order.

Dec 1, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Thanks for What? Thanks for What?

On this Thanksgiving we have been cheated of the bounty of the harvest as one in three Americans descends into poverty.

Nov 24, 2011 / Robert Scheer

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