An Oscar for America’s Hubris An Oscar for America’s Hubris
What a shame that the one movie about the Iraq war that has a chance of being viewed by a large worldwide audience should be so disappointing.
Mar 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Don’t Blame Bunning Don’t Blame Bunning
How convenient that seemingly everyone in the liberal blogosphere, and even at many points to the right, got to use Senator Jim Bunning as a scapegoat.
Mar 3, 2010 / Robert Scheer
No Banker Left Behind No Banker Left Behind
Banks do have a license to steal. There is no other way to read Tuesday's report from the New York state comptroller that bonuses for Wall Street financiers rose 17 percent to $20....
Feb 24, 2010 / Robert Scheer
It’s Greek to Goldman Sachs It’s Greek to Goldman Sachs
"What is this Goldman Sachs and why has it caused us so much grief?" is a question they must be asking in even the most remote of Greek villages, as they are throughout much of thi...
Feb 17, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
Wall Street Wants a Refund Wall Street Wants a Refund
"Buyer's remorse" is the way John Cornyn, the Senate Republicans' fundraiser, gleefully refers to Wall Street moguls' current disenchantment with the US president they th...
Feb 10, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
Volcker Rules Volcker Rules
Obama's endorsement of what he calls the 'Volcker Rule' for once puts him squarely on the side of ordinary Americans as opposed to the banking bandits who have so thoroughly fleece...
Feb 3, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Sorry State of the Union The Sorry State of the Union
The state of the union is just miserable, no matter how President Obama sugarcoats it.
Jan 27, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
What Massachusetts Got Right What Massachusetts Got Right
Obama's opportunistic search for win-win solutions to our healthcare concerns and our larger economic problems is leading to a lose-lose outcome for the president and the country.
Jan 20, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
Don’t Blame China Don’t Blame China
In the great American tradition of finding foreign scapegoats for our problems, the hunt is on to somehow hold China responsible for the misery that Wall Street financiers inflicte...
Jan 13, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
McCain Gets It, Obama Doesn’t McCain Gets It, Obama Doesn’t
Although Obama has blasted "fat cat bankers on Wall Street," it is time for those who elected him to ask for more than rhetoric.
Jan 6, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer