Stories by Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer is Editor in Chief of Truthdig and author of a new book, The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America.
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
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
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
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
As Obama gets down to work, can he really break with the past?
Posted on Jan 26, 2009
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
If tough love is good enough for financially strapped families, why have a poverty program for troubled corporations?
Posted on Dec 11, 2008
Why are Obama's closest advisers inveterate hawks who needlessly provoked tension with the Russians during the Cold War?
Posted on Nov 12, 2008
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
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
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
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
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
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
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