Stories by Robert Scheer

As Bush and others enjoyed photo ops on Thanksgiving, the carnage went on.

Private Lynch's effort to hold on to the truth of her story in the face of Pentagon spin and a media feeding frenzy is a heroic act in the Age of Hype.

Bush now wants us to believe the Iraq war was about spreading freedom by force, but liars can't be liberators.

As long as firms are willing to hire them, immigrants will come.

Let's hope Limbaugh emerges from this experience more tolerant of the weaknesses of others.

We're all familiar with Arnold the actor, but who writes the script if he wins?

Bush and company are using the cynical ploy of "misspeak" first, "correct" later, in a continuing effort to put out misinformation about Iraq.

American experts urged the White House to be skeptical, but they hit a stone wall.

Thanks to Proposition 13 in 1978 -- an initiative no less stupid than the current recall and also put on the ballot by Republican conservatives -- California lost its most reliable tax base.

Whether you are united in "holy matrimony" or simply trying to build a lasting relationship should be of no concern to the state.

In England, they're shooting the messengers.

An ex-ambassador the CIA sent to Africa to investigate the now-infamous Niger forgery says Cheney knew the document was a hoax long before Bush used it in his State of the Union speech.

The Republicans now want us to believe that any distortions of the truth should have been forgotten once we took Baghdad.

Americans were duped: Evidence of administration manipulation and mendacity just keeps rolling in.

The Pentagon won't admit that the rescue of Pvt. Lynch, an attack on an unguarded hospital, was spun into the stuff of Hollywood heroics.

The deadly weapons of mass destruction have proved phantom in Iraq, but the Bush administration is now doing its best to ensure that the world becomes increasingly unstable and armed to the teeth.

We now live easily with lies, accepting far-fetched rationalizations for war and falsehoods that erode our freedoms.

The destruction of Baghdad's museums is a fit metaphor for current U.S. foreign policy, which causes more serious damage through carelessness than calculation.

The word is being used by the U.S. and its enemies to condone savagery.