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.

The Real Rove Scandal

Posted on: Jul 12, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Rove's leak exposed the depravity of the administration's deliberate use of a false WMD threat and its willingness to go after anyone willing to tell the truth about it.

Iranian Revolution Is Thriving in Iraq

Posted on: Jun 28, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Did those wily ayatollahs give us the purple finger again? It sure looks like it.

Even Bush's GOP Allies Are Breaking Ranks Key

Posted on: Jun 22, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Our military occupation fuels nationalist and religious insurgents and we should begin a phased withdrawal as soon as feasible, while increasing aid.

Pattern of Deception Persists in Tillman's Death

Posted on: Jun 14, 2005, Source: AlterNet

The specter that the military's shameful treatment of Pat Tillman, his family and the American public does raise is what the White House knew as it played the Tillman story for maximum political benefit.

Blaming the Messenger Fools No One

Posted on: Jun 7, 2005, Source: AlterNet

What is really reprehensible is the detention of hundreds of people for years without granting them prisoner-of-war status or charging them with a crime.

A Cover-Up as Shameful as Tillman's Death

Posted on: Jun 1, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Once again it has taken grieving relatives to point out that the Bush administration will exploit even a heroic death for its own partisan purposes.

A Hypocritical Church's Sex Lessons

Posted on: May 24, 2005, Source: AlterNet

The pope has minimized priests' crimes while wagging a finger at gays.

U.S. Is Its Own Worst Enemy in Iraq

Posted on: May 17, 2005, Source: AlterNet

U.S. presence in Iraq is the fuel for the conflagration it claims to be stamping out.

Nationalism's Psychotic Side

Posted on: May 10, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Even decent people can be swept along by barbarism when a nation gets sick.

Our Loss Was Our Gain in Vietnam

Posted on: May 3, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Sometimes it is better to lose.

Fiddling While Crucial Programs Starve

Posted on: Apr 26, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Has the U.S. become like ancient Rome, in love with costly conquest?

GOP Gays and the 'Finkelstein Phenomenon'

Posted on: Apr 19, 2005, Source: AlterNet

There are reasons to feel optimistic about the granting of full civil rights to people who have chosen a life partner of the same sex.

The Pope Pleaded. We Didn't Listen.

Posted on: Apr 12, 2005, Source: AlterNet

It's conveniently ignored that Pope John Paul II strongly opposed Bush over Iraq.

Bush Threw Us a 'Curveball'

Posted on: Apr 5, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Unfortunately for the American people, we were to an embarrassing extent persuaded to go to war based on the fantasies of this known liar.

A Con Job by Pakistan's Pal, George Bush

Posted on: Mar 29, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Trying to follow the U.S. policy on the proliferation of nuclear weapons is like watching a three-card monte game on a city street corner. Except the stakes are higher.

Life, Death and Cynical Grandstanding

Posted on: Mar 22, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Although Terri Schiavo's relatives on both sides of the issue are assuredly acting in good faith, national politicians certainly are not.

The Bankruptcy Bill: A Tutorial in Greed

Posted on: Mar 15, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Lesson No. 1: Campaign cash is worth more than family values.

Bush is Obsessed With Fixing What Ain't Broke

Posted on: Mar 8, 2005, Source: AlterNet

As George W. Bush continues to flail at Social Security, even in the face of increased public opposition, you have to wonder: "Why?"

The Force Bush Won't Use on Iran

Posted on: Mar 1, 2005, Source: AlterNet

The sad fact is that Bush's irrational policies and rhetoric have left the mostly fundamentalist leaders of Iran defending a more logical position than that of our own government on three counts.

Of, By and For Big Business

Posted on: Feb 22, 2005, Source: AlterNet

What is so phony about the much ballyhooed tort reform is that it aims not at overzealous lawyers but only at those who happen to represent poorer plaintiffs.

What We Don't Know About 9/11 Hurts Us

Posted on: Feb 15, 2005, Source: AlterNet

The terrible fact is that the administration took none of the steps that would have put the protection of human life ahead of a diverse set of economic and political interests.

Law of Unintended Consequences

Posted on: Feb 8, 2005, Source: AlterNet

It is still not clear why the United States has spent incalculable fortunes in human life, taxpayer money and international goodwill to break Iraq and then remake it in the image of the enemy next door.

Now, U.S. Must Get Out of Iraq's Way

Posted on: Feb 1, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Iraqi voters risked their lives, and they deserve far more than a facade of democracy – they need to be given democratic and transparent control of their oil, their economy and their security.

1600 Pennsylvania Meets Madison Ave.

Posted on: Jan 25, 2005, Source: AlterNet

It takes a true demagogue to remorselessly cheapen the lovely word "freedom" by deploying it 27 times in a 21-minute speech.

Pomp and Improper Circumstance

Posted on: Jan 18, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Some might say it's tacky to rain on the president's parade, but two crucial news stories compel it.

Is al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman?

Posted on: Jan 11, 2005, Source: AlterNet

A new BBC film argues coherently that much of what we have been told about the threat of international terrorism "is a fantasy that has been exaggerated and distorted by politicians."

Backing Gonzales is Backing Torture

Posted on: Jan 4, 2005, Source: AlterNet

Another positive step would be the withdrawal or rejection of the Gonzales nomination.

A Devil's Island For Our Times

Posted on: Dec 28, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The military and legal systems that have looked the other way are our own.

Sabotaging Social Security

Posted on: Dec 21, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The anti-Social Security crowd is trying to make this a young-versus-old generational fight, even though seniors still pay taxes like anybody else.

Kerik's 'Nannygate' Was the Least of It

Posted on: Dec 14, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Kerik shouldn't have been rejected by the Bushies. If they were honest, they would celebrate him as the prototypical GOP operator, playing the people for a profit.

Pakistan and the True WMD Threat

Posted on: Dec 7, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The proliferation threat grows as Musharraf loses bin Laden's trail.

The Invisible Hand Holds the Remote

Posted on: Nov 30, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Red states and blue states agree: we all love trash TV.

Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy

Posted on: Nov 23, 2004, Source: AlterNet

In the opium haze that threatens to swallow up Afghanistan's vaunted rebirth, it is only the illusion of progress – not progress – that is being sold.

The Neocon Coup

Posted on: Nov 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet

With the ravaging of the CIA and the ousting of Powell – instead of the more-deserving Rumsfeld – the coup of the neoconservatives is complete.

He Won. Live With It, for Now.

Posted on: Nov 9, 2004, Source: AlterNet

In no time at all, Bush will be the lamest of ducks.

The U.N. Deserves an Apology

Posted on: Nov 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet

American politicians find the U.N. an irresistible piñata, ripe for demagogic bashing.

The Man Behind the Oval Office Curtain

Posted on: Oct 26, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Cheney's ultra-secretive, anti-democratic and crony-capitalist instincts have defined this administration.

The Secret in the CIA's Back Pocket

Posted on: Oct 19, 2004, Source: AlterNet

The agency is withholding a damning report on intelligence failures before 9/11 that points at senior officials.

The L-Word Strikes Again

Posted on: Oct 12, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Contrary to President Bush's assertions, Sen. Kerry is no bleeding heart liberal.

The Blame Game

Posted on: Oct 5, 2004, Source: AlterNet

Rather than admit that Bush bent the facts to fit the narrative of fear pressing on the American people, the president now blames the CIA, his predecessor, his opponents – anybody but himself and his national security team.

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