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.

Gaping Holes Remain in the 9/11 Story Gaping Holes Remain in the 9/11 Story

It's no wonder so many Americans are examining alternative explanations that range from the plausible to the absurd.

Sep 11, 2006 / Feature / Robert Scheer

High on Opium, Not Democracy High on Opium, Not Democracy

In Bush-liberated Afghanistan, billions in drug profits are financing the Taliban, proving the President is better at starting wars than winning them.

Sep 6, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Clinton’s Blindness on Welfare Reform Clinton’s Blindness on Welfare Reform

You'd think Bill Clinton doesn't know the difference between getting mothers and their children off the welfare rolls and getting them out of poverty.

Aug 30, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Truth Time for Democrats Truth Time for Democrats

Democrats must transcend all their intraparty squabbles over the war in Iraq and focus on the obligation of politicians to be honest with the public.

Aug 23, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Old Threats, New Fears Old Threats, New Fears

Investigators have known for a decade about terrorist plots to bring down passenger jets with liquid explosives. So why, all of a sudden, did Bush ban most liquids on flights?

Aug 16, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Why We Don’t Know Our Enemy Why We Don’t Know Our Enemy

Hysteria over the barbarians at the gate has destroyed republics from Rome to Germany. A new book explains why Bush's post-September 11 America may meet a similar fate.

Aug 9, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Israel’s Dependency on the Drug of Militarism Israel’s Dependency on the Drug of Militarism

The Jewish state's diehard supporters in the White House, Congress and the media seem unable to understand Israel can't bomb its way to security.

Aug 2, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy

By saying that the Israel-Lebanon crisis simply represents the "birth pangs of a new Middle East," Condoleezza Rice underscored the Bush Administration's blindness to the disastrou...

Jul 26, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Open Mike, Closed Mind Open Mike, Closed Mind

Bush's boorish comments at the G-8 summit revealed more than his ignorance of the Mideast: His policies have made the US a helpless bystander as the entire region burns.

Jul 19, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Channeling Nixon Channeling Nixon

If Tricky Dick could tame the grizzled Mao, then certainly Bush could butter up Kim Jong Il with some of that frat boy charm. Who knows, Dearest Leader might even join Bush's shaky...

Jul 12, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

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