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 Global War on Stealth Underwear The Global War on Stealth Underwear

There is no "war" against terrorism. Not if by war one means doing the obvious and checking a highly suspicious air traveler's underwear to see if explosives have been sewn in.

Dec 30, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Demonizing Dean Won’t Absolve This Healthcare Sham Demonizing Dean Won’t Absolve This Healthcare Sham

Howard Dean was roundly condemned for casting aspersions on what even many of its more ardent supporters admit is an obviously flawed bill.

Dec 23, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Dear Barack, Spare Me Your E-Mails Dear Barack, Spare Me Your E-Mails

It is one thing to rob us blind by rewarding the power elite that created our problems but quite another to sugarcoat it in the rhetoric of a David taking on those Goliaths.

Dec 9, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Afghanistan: Here We Go Again Afghanistan: Here We Go Again

Thanks to the political opportunism of the current Commander-in-Chief, the Afghanistan war is still without end or logical purpose.

Dec 2, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Still Doing God’s Work on Wall Street Still Doing God’s Work on Wall Street

Is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the sweetheart deals that passed billions of taxpayer dollars through the AIG shell game to the banks that caused the meltdown?

Nov 25, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer Who Are You and What Have You Done With the Community Organizer

What's up with Barack Obama? Finally someone has a good idea about how to deal with Wall Street and the White House condemns it.

Nov 18, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Gorbachev’s Sermon on the Mount Gorbachev’s Sermon on the Mount

"Blessed are the peacemakers" certainly applies to Mikhail Gorbachev, a man not honored enough for the example he set.

Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Keeping Afghanistan Safe from Democracy Keeping Afghanistan Safe from Democracy

The most idiotic thing being said about America's involvement in Afghanistan is that the best way to protect the 68,000 US troops there now is by putting an additional 40,000 in ha...

Nov 4, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Lieberman Twists the Knife Lieberman Twists the Knife

The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any healthcare reform bill that has a public option--even the version with the "trigger" compromise a...

Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Zooming In on the Year’s Biggest Hoax Zooming In on the Year’s Biggest Hoax

If we could get one of the banking lobbyists to float a duct-taped flying saucer balloon, Wolf Blitzer might cover the real hoax.

Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

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