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.

Hey Guys, Be Careful What You Wish For Hey Guys, Be Careful What You Wish For

Why are white men so screwed up? If you can believe the polls, they identify by a huge margin with George W. Bush as one of them. What gives with these delusions of grandeur in...

Oct 10, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

No Defense No Defense

How the New York Times convicted Wen Ho Lee.

Oct 5, 2000 / Feature / Robert Scheer

Mary Cheney Just Might Teach the Right a Lesson Mary Cheney Just Might Teach the Right a Lesson

Let's give up some applause for Dick Cheney for affirming in deed, if not words, that homosexuality is perfectly consistent with traditional family values. The decision for a Rep...

Oct 3, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Trulock Is Source of Botched Lee Case Trulock Is Source of Botched Lee Case

In a bad spy flick, there's got to be a character like Notra Trulock, an obsessed sleuth who always gets his man--even if it's the wrong man.

Sep 12, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Stem the Tide of Research? Fuhgeddaboutit Stem the Tide of Research? Fuhgeddaboutit

President Bush was not deterred by lack of expertise when it came to deciding a highly specialized scientific issue.

Aug 14, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Persecution of Wen Ho Lee, Redux The Persecution of Wen Ho Lee, Redux

Over the last two years, various government and congressional officials adroitly exploited leaks to the media to defame Wen Ho Lee, a Los Alamos nuclear scientist.

Aug 7, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

GOP Ticket Has Struck Oil GOP Ticket Has Struck Oil

Have you ever wondered who really benefited from the Gulf War, which will be celebrated this week at the Republican National Convention as the crowning, if singular, achievement ...

Aug 1, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Pity Bush, Gamely Shedding Treaties Like Dandruff Pity Bush, Gamely Shedding Treaties Like Dandruff

It is time to rally around our President and forego the constant drumbeat of criticism that has been his lot on the world stage ever since he discovered that foreign policy invol...

Jul 31, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Can Truth Outlast a Green Light for Media Mergers? Can Truth Outlast a Green Light for Media Mergers?

Should the corporate owners of newspapers like the Los Angeles Times or the New York Post be allowed to own television stations in the same city?

Jul 24, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Politics 2001: Bush Rules, Gore Drools Politics 2001: Bush Rules, Gore Drools

Where is Al Gore? Maybe he hasn't noticed, but all sorts of horrible things are happening under the Bush Administration--just as he predicted. Yet Gore has been totally silent. ...

Jul 17, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

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