Sucking Up to the Bankers, I Sucking Up to the Bankers, I
The Obama Administration, unwilling to confront Wall Street, surrendered the substance as well as the rhetoric of a meaningful populist response to the faux insurgents of the Tea...
Sep 27, 2010 / Robert Scheer
So Long, Summers So Long, Summers
Finally! The announced departure of Lawrence Summers as the president’s top economic adviser is welcome news.
Sep 22, 2010 / Robert Scheer
After Summers Comes the Fall After Summers Comes the Fall
Lawrence Summers should be fired for the part he played in bringing about the financial crisis that cost so many Americans their jobs.
Sep 15, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer Knows Who to Blame for the Financial Crisis Robert Scheer Knows Who to Blame for the Financial Crisis
Robert Scheer knows who's responsible for our tanked economy—and in his new book, he's not afraid to name names.
Sep 14, 2010 / Robert Scheer
It’s the Mortgages, Stupid It’s the Mortgages, Stupid
This week's proposals by the Obama administration to deal with the persistent economic crisis will be, as with previous plans that involved trillions of taxpayer dollars, little...
Sep 8, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Two Wars Don’t Make a Right Two Wars Don’t Make a Right
President Obama's attempt to put the best face on the ignominious US occupation of Iraq will not hide what he and the rest of the world well know.
Sep 1, 2010 / Robert Scheer
They Go or Obama Goes They Go or Obama Goes
Barack Obama and the Democrats he led to a stunning victory two years ago are going down hard in the face of an economic crisis that he did nothing to create but which he has fai...
Aug 25, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Ground Zero for Tolerance Ground Zero for Tolerance
The irrational attack on Muslims everywhere by the GOP’s leadership is not only deeply subversive with regard to the American ideal of religious tolerance but also poses a pr...
Aug 18, 2010 / Robert Scheer
The Rubin Con Goes On The Rubin Con Goes On
The corruptions of journalism were on full display when CNN’s Fareed Zakaria turned to Robert Rubin this past Sunday for advice on how to fix the financial crisis.
Aug 11, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Married to the Clinton Mob Married to the Clinton Mob
While Obama is scorned for relying too heavily on Clintonista alums for policy direction, the whitewashing of the Clinton legacy is on in earnest.
Aug 4, 2010 / Robert Scheer