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.

Murtha’s No Leftie: He’s Right Murtha’s No Leftie: He’s Right

As Democrats choose between a stalwart critic of the Iraq War and a proponent of Bush policies for Majority Leader, Fox News gets in the act, casting centrist Pennnsylvania Rep. J...

Nov 15, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Bush’s Rough Justice Bush’s Rough Justice

Bush insisted that Saddam Hussein's trial be held in Iraq so that an international tribunal would never expose America's history of support for the tyrant.

Nov 8, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

What Bush Has Wrought What Bush Has Wrought

We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiat...

Nov 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Enron’s Enablers Enron’s Enablers

Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling would have remained small time crooks were it not for the energy industry deregulation measures they effectively purchased from Bush I and II.

Oct 25, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Killing Fields of Iraq The Killing Fields of Iraq

The carnage the US has visited upon Iraq in the name of fighting terror has taken more than 600,000 lives. We are not building democracy, we are creating mayhem.

Oct 18, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Just Blame Bill Just Blame Bill

Instead of pursuing real diplomacy with North Korea, the Bush Administration chose a my-way-or-the-highway approach. Rather than face up to the mess they made, it's easier to blame...

Oct 11, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Real Cover-Up The Real Cover-Up

Far more important than the Foley affair is the Bush Administration and the GOP have molested Lady Liberty while pretending to guard our national security.

Oct 4, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

A Distinct Lack of Intelligence A Distinct Lack of Intelligence

If George W. Bush took the latest National Intelligence Estimate seriously, he would end the ineffectual "war on terror" model and treat terrorism as a pathology to be clinically ...

Sep 26, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Render Unto Syria Render Unto Syria

Will anyone in the somnambulant White House press corps dare ask the President why he would "render" a Canadian to Syria to be tortured and imprisoned without charges?

Sep 20, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Failing the Test Failing the Test

President Bush was correct when he said that not since the cold war has the nation been so tested. But the test lies not in the terror threat but in his Administration's incompeten...

Sep 13, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

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