Stories by Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer is the co-author of The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America.
We're all part of one nation. So why do the people of Alaska get a cut of oil company profits when the rest of us don't?
Posted on Sep 3, 2008
In order to win, McCain needs a new Cold War. Lucky for him that Republicans are so good at whipping up false international threats.
Posted on Aug 27, 2008
McCain's campaign is an irrational mix of patriotic swagger and blindness to reality that's proving scarily successful with uninformed voters.
Posted on Aug 20, 2008
Yes, it sounds diabolical, but that may be the most accurate way to assess the designs of the McCain campaign in matters of war and peace.
Posted on Aug 13, 2008
The deadliest biological assault on the United States may have been perpetrated by a church-going white man, with anthrax from our own weapons labs.
Posted on Aug 6, 2008
Both candidates are scrambling to enlist the expertise of the geniuses who helped spur our economic meltdown.
Posted on Jul 30, 2008
Like McCain, Obama seems to embrace the fundamental irrationality of Bush's "war on terror."
Posted on Jul 23, 2008
Greedy corporations expect government hand-outs and deregulation at the same time.
Posted on Jul 16, 2008
America's military hawks will have to find a new reason to blow money on weapons we don't need.
Posted on Jul 9, 2008
This Fourth of July, let's remember that it's not our God-given American right to reorder the world to our liking.
Posted on Jul 4, 2008
The huge "defense" spending going on in our name is irrational and costly, but there are powerful vested interests that want to keep it that way.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008
Most of our political representatives seem to be engaged in a contest over who can throw more money at defense contractors.
Posted on Jun 25, 2008
It's not like the Democrats are going to pick someone more liberal than Hillary. And the focus should be on a Democratic ticket that can win.
Posted on Jun 18, 2008
Americans do need to cut down on their resource consumption. But the key variable in the high cost of oil is Bush's failed foreign policy.
Posted on Jun 11, 2008
McCain's unpredictability is not evidence of fresh thinking; it suggests inconsistencies that may be born more of crass opportunism than of insight.
Posted on Jun 5, 2008
The Justice Department has issued a report on torture, citing testimony by scores of FBI officials outraged over our treatment of prisoners.
Posted on May 29, 2008
Five years after we invaded Iraq, the American taxpayers who paid for this grand imperial adventure are rewarded with skyrocketing gas prices.
Posted on May 21, 2008
How has our government managed to justify one of the most egregious assaults on the rule of law?
Posted on May 14, 2008
Both McCain and Clinton have shown a dangerously cavalier attitude towards the option of a nuclear strike against Iran.
Posted on May 7, 2008
McCain's age matters; especially if he picks his running mate from the crazy wing of the Republican Party.
Posted on Apr 30, 2008
Is the campaign trail the best place to ratchet up the rhetoric against Iran? Clinton thinks so.
Posted on Apr 23, 2008
How do we explain voter support for McCain in light of the nation's widespread, bipartisan rejection of the Bush administration?
Posted on Apr 16, 2008
By undercutting the widespread support for getting out of Iraq, General Petraeus betrayed the American public.
Posted on Apr 9, 2008
The government has invested trillions in weapons that are completely useless in the fight against stateless terrorists.
Posted on Apr 3, 2008
Many religious leaders prophesy divine retribution for America's bad behavior. I wonder what we would be punished for.
Posted on Mar 26, 2008
Iraq is in shambles and our economy is crumbling. But at least George Bush is still in good spirits.
Posted on Mar 19, 2008
Wall Street crooks cheer the downfall of the man who tried to check their criminal greed.
Posted on Mar 12, 2008
The folks who call America the "Great Satan" now hold the high cards.
Posted on Mar 6, 2008
McCain was one of the few politicians brave enough to oppose a 1996 telecom bill that opened the way for large-scale media consolidation.
Posted on Feb 27, 2008
The Cuban people have suffered under an arrogant and idealistic revolutionary whose vision floundered on the rocks of cynical U.S. foreign policy.
Posted on Feb 20, 2008
Clearly, what's good for big oil isn't good for most Americans. So why are the interests of oil companies mistaken for those of the nation?
Posted on Feb 13, 2008
Will your favorite Dem challenge the bloated military budget Bush proposed for 2009?
Posted on Feb 6, 2008
We should pay attention to Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement for president -- he was a rare sane voice among Dems in opposing the Iraq war.
Posted on Jan 30, 2008
No Dem candidate will say what Kucinich would have said: Bankers will steal from the public unless the government holds them accountable.
Posted on Jan 23, 2008
Even Osama bin Laden and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad scored higher in a poll last month.
Posted on Jan 16, 2008
As long as Hillary Clinton and Gloria Steinem have chosen to play the women's card against the race card, let's throw in a third one: the class card.
Posted on Jan 9, 2008
Have Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats been keeping waterboarding a secret for years?
Posted on Dec 12, 2007
Bush is either a liar or out to lunch on the most important issue he faces.
Posted on Dec 5, 2007
The U.S. government fears that Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's "president-in-exile" who just returned, will be soft on Muslim fanatics. Those fears are well founded.
Posted on Nov 28, 2007
How damning is that it takes a libertarian Republican to remind the leading Democratic candidates of the costs of the Iraq war?
Posted on Nov 21, 2007
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