Stories by Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer is Editor in Chief of Truthdig, where he publishes a weekly column, and author of a new book, The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America.
There is no "war" against terrorism. What George W. Bush launched and Barack Obama insists on perpetuating does not qualify.
Posted on Dec 31, 2009, Source: Truthdig
Obama’s faux populism is beginning to grate, and I finally came unglued when one of his "we the people" e-mails from him landed on my screen.
Posted on Dec 10, 2009, Source: Truthdig
On the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, it's worthwhile to remember that ending a stupid, harmful war is the most admirable thing a great leader can do.
Posted on Nov 13, 2009, Source: Truthdig
If we could get one of the banking lobbyists to float a duct-taped flying saucer balloon, Wolf Blitzer might cover the real hoax.
Posted on Oct 22, 2009, Source: Truthdig
The 13 Dems on the Senate Finance Committee get one faintly rational GOPer to join them in a meaningless stab at health care reform, and it throws them into a tizzy.
Posted on Oct 16, 2009, Source: Truthdig
The way he's headed on Afghanistan, Barack Obama is threatened with a quagmire that could bog down his presidency.
Posted on Sep 11, 2009, Source: Truthdig
In a political world dominated by bipartisan cynicism, there are few touchstones of integrity for the common folk -- Kennedy was one of them.
Posted on Aug 26, 2009, Source: Truthdig
Americans are now $14 trillion poorer. Many who thought they were middle class have now joined the ranks of the poor.
Posted on Jun 27, 2009, Source: Truthdig
Summers and Geitner finally condemned the Wall Street shenanigans they once abetted. But will this mean any real change in Obama's policy?
Posted on Jun 18, 2009, Source: Truthdig
Nancy Pelosi is no Dick Cheney, nor a George Bush. But her failure to fight the Bush Administration's torture policies is a betrayal of public trust.
Posted on May 15, 2009, Source: Truthdig
Those who stole billions in 401(k)s of innocent victims were rewarded handsomely, rarely needing to break the laws their lobbyists purchased.
Posted on Mar 19, 2009, Source: Truthdig
As Obama gets down to work, can he really break with the past?
Posted on Jan 26, 2009, Source: Truthdig
There is a widespread acceptance, beginning with the apologetic arguments of President Bush, that whatever Israel does is always justified.
Posted on Jan 7, 2009, Source: Truthdig
If tough love is good enough for financially strapped families, why have a poverty program for troubled corporations?
Posted on Dec 11, 2008, Source: Truthdig
Why are Obama's closest advisers inveterate hawks who needlessly provoked tension with the Russians during the Cold War?
Posted on Nov 12, 2008, Source: Truthdig
Let's hope Obama continues to rely on economic advisers whose vision for the country extends beyond their own bank accounts.
Posted on Oct 23, 2008, Source: Truthdig
McCain is not a perfect replica of George W. Bush. But neither man seems to have any sense of how we actually live or what we need from government.
Posted on Oct 8, 2008, Source: Truthdig
Instead of applauding representatives who, for once, heeded the public, the pundits blasted those who dared get out of line.
Posted on Oct 1, 2008, Source: Truthdig
Smell a rat if Congress approves the Paulson plan without major modifications that might help Main Street as well as Wall Street.
Posted on Sep 25, 2008, Source: Truthdig
McCain voted for abolishing all of the significant rules put in place at the time of the Great Depression designed to prevent a repeat.
Posted on Sep 18, 2008, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
Both candidates are scrambling to enlist the expertise of the geniuses who helped spur our economic meltdown.
Posted on Jul 30, 2008, Source: Truthdig
Like McCain, Obama seems to embrace the fundamental irrationality of Bush's "war on terror."
Posted on Jul 23, 2008, Source: Truthdig
Greedy corporations expect government hand-outs and deregulation at the same time.
Posted on Jul 16, 2008, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Twelve
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
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, Source: Truthdig
How has our government managed to justify one of the most egregious assaults on the rule of law?
Posted on May 14, 2008, Source: Truthdig
Both McCain and Clinton have shown a dangerously cavalier attitude towards the option of a nuclear strike against Iran.
Posted on May 7, 2008, Source: Truthdig
McCain's age matters; especially if he picks his running mate from the crazy wing of the Republican Party.
Posted on Apr 30, 2008, Source: Truthdig
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