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.

Obama, Clinton and the War Obama, Clinton and the War

Ted Kennedy's endorsement of Barack Obama sheds some needed light on Hillary's hawkishness and the real differences between the candidates.

Jan 30, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

Playing Politics with Bankers Playing Politics with Bankers

Now that Dennis Kucinich is out of the presidential debates, don't expect Clinton or Obama to hold unregulated bankers accountable for the global economic meltdown.

Jan 23, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

Those Ungrateful Saudis Those Ungrateful Saudis

After all he's done for them, why is it that Bush only gets a 12 percent favorability rating in Saudi Arabia?

Jan 16, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

Play the Class Card Play the Class Card

Hillary Clinton may claim that her gender makes her the unmistakeable agent of change--but what's radical about voting for a corporate lawyer?

Jan 9, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer

Charlie Wilson’s War–and Ours Charlie Wilson’s War–and Ours

Unlike the plot of the latest Tom Hanks film, the blowback price of our incessant meddling could prove quite high. And even Hollywood can't put a pretty face on that one.

Jan 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Waterboarding Democracy Waterboarding Democracy

Why did four key members of Congress failed to inform the public and the 9/11 Commission about the use of torture on terror suspects?

Dec 12, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice Bush on Iran: Fool Me Twice

Despite new evidence on Iran's nuclear ambitions, President Bush is sticking to his story--an inflated threat assessment some leading Democrats persist in believing.

Dec 5, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Good Week for the Saudis A Good Week for the Saudis

Their boy Nawaz Sharif's back in Pakistan, oil prices are soaring and the Bushies continue to do their bidding.

Nov 28, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Cheering for Ron Paul Cheering for Ron Paul

It takes a libertarian Republican to shame Democrats into acknowledging the true cost of this war for ordinary Americans.

Nov 21, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Bush Stands By His Dictator Bush Stands By His Dictator

Bush's coddling of Pervez Musharraf defies all reason--and bears some unsettling similarity to his own offenses and misteps as President.

Nov 14, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

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