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.

Who’s Afraid of Rand Paul?

Who’s Afraid of Rand Paul? Who’s Afraid of Rand Paul?

Count me as one lefty liberal who is not the least bit unhappy with Rand Paul's victory in Kentucky’s Republican Senate primary.

May 19, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Verify, Baby, Verify!

Verify, Baby, Verify! Verify, Baby, Verify!

If offshore drilling is required for our economic well-being—a questionable enough proposition given the inherent risks—it is a cause that will be set back dramatica...

May 12, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Glenn Beck Gets It Right Glenn Beck Gets It Right

The attempted Times Square bombing is a reminder that the defense budgets for high-tech warfare are beside the point in countering terrorists who turn firecrackers into bombs.

May 5, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Goldman on the Stand Goldman on the Stand

It was the Perry Mason moment in the unraveling of what was left of Goldman Sachs' reputation.

Apr 28, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Goldman Plays, We Pay Goldman Plays, We Pay

The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly.

Apr 21, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah

 Judge them by their enemies. More evidence that Barack Obama might be shaping up as a good president is that Norman Podhoretz hates him so much.

Apr 16, 2010 / Robert Scheer

The Whistleblower They Ignored The Whistleblower They Ignored

There aren't too many genuine heroes to come out of the banking disaster, but Armando Falcon is one of them--and had he been listened to, a significant part of the housing crisis c...

Apr 14, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Earning His Nobel Prize Earning His Nobel Prize

At last, a believable sighting of that peace president many of us thought we had elected. Give Barack Obama credit, big time, for the startling progress he has made in tempering th...

Apr 7, 2010 / Robert Scheer

The Moderate Republican: An Endangered Species The Moderate Republican: An Endangered Species

Republicans sure know how to make Barack Obama look good. What are they going to do now, threaten to repeal a law that forces insurance companies to cover the sick?

Mar 24, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Lame Bill from a Lame Duck Lame Bill from a Lame Duck

If you think healthcare reform has been an unsatisfying test of the government's ability to deal with our pressing problems, brace yourself for bigger disappointment in its attempt...

Mar 17, 2010 / Robert Scheer

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