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.

How Little We Know About the Origins of 9/11 How Little We Know About the Origins of 9/11

For a decade, the main questions about 9/11 have gone unanswered.

Sep 8, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Dick Cheney’s Deceit of Shakespearean Proportions

Dick Cheney’s Deceit of Shakespearean Proportions Dick Cheney’s Deceit of Shakespearean Proportions

Behold this unctuous knave, a disgrace to his nation as few before him, yet boasting unvarnished virtue.

Aug 31, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Obama’s Deal for the Bankers: Amnesty for the Indefensible Obama’s Deal for the Bankers: Amnesty for the Indefensible

They will get away with it, at least in this life. “They” are the Wall Street usurers, people of a sort condemned in Scripture, who have brought more misery to this nat...

Aug 24, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Rick Perry: The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas

Rick Perry: The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas Rick Perry: The Biggest Little Hypocrite in Texas

It is unfathomable that yet another Texas blowhard governor has emerged as a front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination.

Aug 17, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Another Bailout Joins the Goofball Economy Another Bailout Joins the Goofball Economy

The economy is a shambles, saved from a free fall only by the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented promise of free money for banks for at least two years.

Aug 10, 2011 / Robert Scheer

The Recovery Is Dead, Long Live the Recovery The Recovery Is Dead, Long Live the Recovery

The die has been cast. Obama’s deal to raise the debt ceiling is a disaster in the making.

Aug 3, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Debt Madness Was Always About Killing Social Security

Debt Madness Was Always About Killing Social Security Debt Madness Was Always About Killing Social Security

This phony debt crisis has now passed through the looking glass into the realm where madness reigns.

Jul 27, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Sorry, Elizabeth Warren, Wall Street Said No Sorry, Elizabeth Warren, Wall Street Said No

Obama's gutless decision to abandon Warren comes after the president populated his administration with the very people who created the financial meltdown.

Jul 20, 2011 / Robert Scheer

The GOP’s Sick Priorities The GOP’s Sick Priorities

How deceptive for politicians to stress “entitlements” when they talk about gutting Social Security and Medicare, two programs long paid for by their beneficiaries.&nbs...

Jul 13, 2011 / Robert Scheer

The Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: A Love Story The Tea Party and Goldman Sachs: A Love Story

Face it. We live in two nations, sharply divided by an enormous economic chasm between the super-rich and everyone else. 

Jul 6, 2011 / Robert Scheer

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