Another Bankrupt Idea From Congress Another Bankrupt Idea From Congress
Thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbor by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
Jul 31, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Boom or Bush Cycle The Boom or Bush Cycle
The public's love affair with the Bush Administration is souring. Polls show that voters are deeply worried about its handling of the economy, although they still claim to like G...
Jul 23, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Cheney’s Grimy Trail in Business Cheney’s Grimy Trail in Business
Vice President Dick Cheney has spent most of the past year in hiding, ostensibly from terrorists, but increasingly it seems obvious that it is Congress, the Securities and Exchan...
Jul 17, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
A Fox Is About to Reassure Us Hens A Fox Is About to Reassure Us Hens
For President Bush to pretend to be shocked that some of the nation's top executives deal from a stacked deck is akin to a madam feigning surprise that sexual favors have been so...
Jul 9, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Values Fall Prey to Hypocrisy Values Fall Prey to Hypocrisy
For a long time now, we secular humanists and other skeptics have been denigrated as the apostles of decadence and social decay.
Jul 9, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
God’s Got Nothing to Do With the Pledge of Allegiance Furor God’s Got Nothing to Do With the Pledge of Allegiance Furor
Belief in God is not the issue in the continuing brouhaha over the constitutionality of the Pledge of Allegiance. Rather, it's the government's endorsement of a monotheistic God.
Jul 2, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush Overplays the Terror Card Bush Overplays the Terror Card
Has the war on terrorism become the modern equivalent of the Roman Circus, drawing the people's attention away from the failures of those who rule them?
Jun 26, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Flicking Fallen Angels Off the Head of a Pin Flicking Fallen Angels Off the Head of a Pin
Never did I expect to feel sorrow and pity for the Catholic Church, yet I confess that I do.
Jun 19, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Arafat, by Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People Arafat, by Feeding on Martyrdom, Dooms His People
Yasser Arafat should step aside.
Jun 13, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
We’ve Had Enough Witch Hunts We’ve Had Enough Witch Hunts
Nothing succeeds like failure.
Jun 4, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer