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 GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security The GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security

The President considers my longevity a grave threat to the nation.

Dec 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Kerik’s ‘Nannygate’ Was the Least of It Kerik’s ‘Nannygate’ Was the Least of It

NYC's media have been looking into allegations of far more consequential transgressions.

Dec 14, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Pakistan and the True WMD Threat Pakistan and the True WMD Threat

If it had been even a primitive nuclear weapon that hit the World Trade Center three years ago, hundreds of thousands of people would have died instead of fewer than 3,000, and t...

Dec 7, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote

What does it mean that a whopping 70 percent of Americans, according to a recent New York Times-CBS News poll, believe that mass culture is responsible for debasing our moral val...

Nov 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy

Afghanistan's crop "has spread like wildfire."

Nov 23, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Peter Principle and the Neocon Coup The Peter Principle and the Neocon Coup

The bloodletting has begun.

Nov 16, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

He Won. Live With It, for Now. He Won. Live With It, for Now.

In no time at all, Bush will be the lamest of ducks.

Nov 10, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

The UN Deserves an Apology The UN Deserves an Apology

"I want to cast my vote in favor of the United Nations."

Nov 2, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Man Behind the Oval Office Curtain The Man Behind the Oval Office Curtain

It's Cheney's Administration, and it's a shame.

Oct 26, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

The 9/11 Secret in the CIA’s Back Pocket The 9/11 Secret in the CIA’s Back Pocket

The agency is withholding a damning report that points at senior officials.

Oct 19, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

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