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.

Connect the Enron Dots to Bush Connect the Enron Dots to Bush

The connections between Enron and the Bush administration run deep—and they should be investigated.

Dec 11, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

It Is Crazy to Curtail Due Process Rules It Is Crazy to Curtail Due Process Rules

America's enemies are not uniquely 'evil,' and it's naive to think of them as such.

Dec 4, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

US Can’t Just Hit and Run US Can’t Just Hit and Run

Ronald Reagan celebrated them as "freedom fighters" for upholding "the ideals of freedom and independence" and declared a day in their honor.

Nov 27, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Liberty Is Dying, Liberal by Liberal Liberty Is Dying, Liberal by Liberal

Sadly, the old slander that a liberal is someone who has never been mugged is turning out to be true.

Nov 20, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Real Evildoer? The World’s Nuclear Arsenal Real Evildoer? The World’s Nuclear Arsenal

Focusing on Osama bin Laden obscures the true nature of our position in a dangerous world.

Nov 13, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Two Months Later, It’s ‘Same-Old, Same-Old’ on Airport Security Two Months Later, It’s ‘Same-Old, Same-Old’ on Airport Security

The Bush administration's recalcitrance in establishing an airport security agency is putting the nation at risk.

Nov 6, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

With Powers Like These, Can Repression Be Far Behind? With Powers Like These, Can Repression Be Far Behind?

Swept away by the fury of their impotence, huddled in temporary congressional offices, unable to capture anyone responsible for the terrorist assault on the United States, Congress...

Oct 30, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

A True Patriot Can Pose Hard Questions A True Patriot Can Pose Hard Questions

War skeptics such as Richard Gere, Susan Sontag, Rep.

Oct 23, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

They’re Rich, They’re Spoiled, They’re Supporting Terrorists They’re Rich, They’re Spoiled, They’re Supporting Terrorists

What do we bomb next? Saudi Arabia? The Saudis would be a logical target if President Bush were serious about his stated goal of punishing nations that support terrorism.

Oct 16, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Dry Up the Pools of Discontent Dry Up the Pools of Discontent

The bombing part is easy. Not of course on the civilians, the "collateral damage" likely to be killed in unseemly large numbers, as they were during the Gulf War.

Oct 10, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

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