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. subscribe to Robert Scheer's feed

America's New Cold War: European Allies Outraged at Snowden Revelations

Posted on: Jul 6, 2013, Source: Truthdig

"This brings to memory actions among enemies during the Cold War," Germany's justice minister says.

The Terror Con: How Keeping Americans Terrified Is Making Corporations Big Bucks

Posted on: Jun 19, 2013, Source: Truthdig

The name of the game is threat inflation.

Elizabeth Warren Is Turning Out as Good as Promised

Posted on: May 14, 2013, Source: Truthdig

The Massachusetts senator is now championing legislation that would cut the student loan rate to the near zero that the big banks enjoy when borrowing money.

Glaring Hypocrisy: U.S. Cluster Munitions Maim Hundreds of Thousands More Innocents Than Boston Bombs

Posted on: Apr 24, 2013, Source: Truthdig

By the president's own definition, we are terrorizing civilians with weapons of mass destruction.

If Corporations Dodge Taxes, Why Shouldn't You?

Posted on: Mar 13, 2013, Source: Truthdig

Big companies are expert at shielding their profits offshore.

Meet Romney's Economic Hitman

Posted on: Oct 19, 2012, Source: Truthdig

Mark the name of R. Glenn Hubbard, the man who will make your life miserable if Mitt Romney is elected president.

Why Goldman Sachs Is All in For Romney: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My President

Posted on: Oct 14, 2012, Source: Truthdig

The bankers now feel they can squeeze more profits with Romney in office.

Give the People What They Want: Real Universal Health Care

Posted on: Jun 24, 2012, Source: Truthdig

The nutty thing about the health care debate that will play a prominent role in the next election is that most Americans want pretty much the same outcome.

The U.S. Supreme Court's Abominable Bias: Limiting Government Power To Help The Vulnerable

Posted on: Mar 30, 2012, Source: Truthdig

The Roberts Court invariably sides with the powerful over the weak.

All the WikiLeaks Fit to Print: The Media's Desire to Exploit WikiLeaks While Distancing Itself From Bradley Manning

Posted on: Apr 27, 2011, Source: Truthdig

Why are mainstream news outlets so quick to publish news unearthed by WikiLeaks, but wary of reporting the truth about Manning?

The New Corporate World Order: American Citizens Paying the Price for Tax-Dodging Companies

Posted on: Apr 20, 2011, Source: Truthdig

Tax breaks over the past decade that left corporations paying little or no taxes were supposed to lead to job creation. But just the opposite has occurred.

No Nukes Is Good Nukes: The Intrinsic Problems With Nuclear Power

Posted on: Mar 17, 2011, Source: Truthdig

After the Japanese nuclear disaster, cavalier dismissals of the problems with nuclear power are no longer acceptable.

Obama and Geithner's Insidious Plan to Hand the Entire Housing Industry Over to the Banks

Posted on: Feb 16, 2011, Source: Truthdig

Obama should be punishing the banks that sabotaged the American dream of home ownership -- instead he's giving them the whole enchilada.

Was the President's Address Total Hogwash?

Posted on: Jan 26, 2011, Source: Truthdig

Obama was mealy-mouthed in avoiding the tough choices that a leader should delineate in a time of trouble.

The Economy Is In the Trash Can, While the Power Bankers Keep Raking It In

Posted on: Dec 30, 2010, Source: Truthdig

Unemployment is dismal, housing prices have fallen for four months in a row, but Obama's former budget director is having no problems cleaning up on Wall St.

The Great American Stick-Up: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street

Posted on: Oct 26, 2010, Source: Nation Books

For Wall Street, the holy grail was not cash handouts but a deconstruction of the complex public-private partnership ushered in by Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.

The Great American Stickup: How the Political Class Mugged America and Handed the Money Over to Wall St.

Posted on: Sep 7, 2010, Source: Democracy Now!

With so much opportunity, why has Obama presided over such an economic disaster?

Republican Attacks on Muslims Threaten the Security of the United States

Posted on: Aug 19, 2010, Source: Truthdig

Are the Republicans terminally stupid or are they just playing the dangerous fool?

Gulf Oil Spill Proves the Idiocy of Unfettered Deregulation

Posted on: May 12, 2010, Source: Truthdig

Government regulation of multinational corporations needs to be made respectable once again with adequately funded agencies pursuing an uncompromised public interest agenda.

The Hurt Locker Oscar Win Is a Prize For American Hubris

Posted on: Mar 10, 2010, Source: Truthdig

The Academy liked this Iraq film for being "apolitical." In fact it's the opposite: an endorsement of the politically chauvinistic view that the world is a stage for Americans.

The Global War on Stealth Underwear

Posted on: Dec 30, 2009, Source: Truthdig

There is no "war" against terrorism. What George W. Bush launched and Barack Obama insists on perpetuating does not qualify.

Dear Barack, Spare Me Your E-Mails

Posted on: Dec 10, 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.

What Obama Can Learn from Gorbachev

Posted on: Nov 12, 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.

This Year's Biggest Hoax Is Tim Geithner's 'Solution' for the Economy, Not the Balloon Boy

Posted on: Oct 21, 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.

Big Whoop: 1 Republican Signs on to Watered-Down Health Reform, and the Media Gets in a Bipartisan Tizzy

Posted on: Oct 15, 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.

Obama's Quagmire Looks a Lot like Vietnam

Posted on: Sep 10, 2009, Source: Truthdig

The way he's headed on Afghanistan, Barack Obama is threatened with a quagmire that could bog down his presidency.

Ted Kennedy: The Real Deal

Posted on: Aug 26, 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.

Foreclosure Fiasco Continues: The Bush-Obama Strategy of Throwing Billions at Banks Doesn't Work

Posted on: Jun 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.

Have Geithner and Summers Seen the Error of Their Ways and What Does it Mean For Our Future?

Posted on: Jun 17, 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?

Why Didn't Pelosi Speak Out Against Torture?

Posted on: May 14, 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.

Moral Decay Swirls Around Banking Bailout: Time for a Criminal Investigation

Posted on: Mar 18, 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.

And Now the Hard Part Begins ... Holding Obama to His Promise

Posted on: Jan 26, 2009, Source: Truthdig

As Obama gets down to work, can he really break with the past?

Why Do So Few Speak Up for Gaza?

Posted on: Jan 6, 2009, Source: Truthdig

There is a widespread acceptance, beginning with the apologetic arguments of President Bush, that whatever Israel does is always justified.

Republicans Bring Socialism to Millionaires and Screw the Rest of Us

Posted on: Dec 10, 2008, Source: Truthdig

If tough love is good enough for financially strapped families, why have a poverty program for troubled corporations?

Cold War Hawks Hovering Around Obama

Posted on: Nov 12, 2008, Source: Truthdig

Why are Obama's closest advisers inveterate hawks who needlessly provoked tension with the Russians during the Cold War?

The Battle for Obama's Economic Soul

Posted on: Oct 23, 2008, Source: Truthdig

Let's hope Obama continues to rely on economic advisers whose vision for the country extends beyond their own bank accounts.

McCain and Bush: Unconcerned with the Needs of Ordinary Americans

Posted on: Oct 8, 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.

Opposition to the Bailout Will Not Destroy America

Posted on: Oct 1, 2008, Source: Truthdig

Instead of applauding representatives who, for once, heeded the public, the pundits blasted those who dared get out of line.

Economic Fascism Coming to America

Posted on: Sep 25, 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.

McCain Enabled Our Economic Meltdown

Posted on: Sep 17, 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.

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