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.
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.
Posted on Feb 22, 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.
Posted on Feb 15, 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.
Posted on Feb 8, 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.
Posted on Feb 1, 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.
Posted on Jan 25, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Some might say it's tacky to rain on the president's parade, but two crucial news stories compel it.
Posted on Jan 18, 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."
Posted on Jan 11, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Another positive step would be the withdrawal or rejection of the Gonzales nomination.
Posted on Jan 4, 2005, Source: AlterNet
The military and legal systems that have looked the other way are our own.
Posted on Dec 28, 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.
Posted on Dec 21, 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.
Posted on Dec 14, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The proliferation threat grows as Musharraf loses bin Laden's trail.
Posted on Dec 7, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Red states and blue states agree: we all love trash TV.
Posted on Nov 30, 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.
Posted on Nov 23, 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.
Posted on Nov 16, 2004, Source: AlterNet
In no time at all, Bush will be the lamest of ducks.
Posted on Nov 9, 2004, Source: AlterNet
American politicians find the U.N. an irresistible piñata, ripe for demagogic bashing.
Posted on Nov 2, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Cheney's ultra-secretive, anti-democratic and crony-capitalist instincts have defined this administration.
Posted on Oct 26, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The agency is withholding a damning report on intelligence failures before 9/11 that points at senior officials.
Posted on Oct 19, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Contrary to President Bush's assertions, Sen. Kerry is no bleeding heart liberal.
Posted on Oct 12, 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.
Posted on Oct 5, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The right should recoil from Bush's war without end.
Posted on Sep 21, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The veteran senator is too much of a gentleman to point out the elephant in the room.
Posted on Sep 14, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The Republicans use Road Runner tactics to deflect serious criticism.
Posted on Sep 7, 2004, Source: AlterNet
With friends like these, Israel doesn't need enemies.
Posted on Aug 31, 2004, Source: AlterNet
In the end, who better than veterans to speak out when our commander in chief has betrayed the trust of U.S. troops, sending them to kill and be killed in an unnecessary war?
Posted on Aug 24, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Refusal to recant war vote plays into president's hands.
Posted on Aug 17, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The Bush administration's top Iraq advisor is indicted for counterfeiting; his nephew, for murder.
Posted on Aug 10, 2004, Source: AlterNet
John Kerry showed true patriotism, integrity and prescience in his opposition to the Vietnam War. He should draw on that background now rather than echoing Bush's militarism.
Posted on Aug 4, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The commission declare unequivocally that Bush got it wrong in his response to pre-9/11 warnings, as well as in his inclusion of Iraq in the war on terror.
Posted on Jul 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet
During a swing through Michigan, Bush promised to protect homeland values from the latest big threats: gays and Hollywood entertainers who support Democrats.
Posted on Jul 20, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Senate panel's report is a damning indictment of the Bush Doctrine.
Posted on Jul 13, 2004, Source: AlterNet
If the U.S. believes, as most of the world does, that Hussein committed crimes against humanity, then he is entitled to the same international standards of due process that the U.S. and its allies applied to past war criminals.
Posted on Jul 6, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The new, free Iraq may officially be in the hands of a former terrorist.
Posted on Jun 29, 2004, Source: AlterNet
With the Saddam-Al Qaeda link debunked, the administration and its spinmeisters are reduced to playing semantic tricks to justify their bait-and-switch operation.
Posted on Jun 22, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The president has turned his war on terror into an excuse for undermining due process and bypassing Congress.
Posted on Jun 15, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Though Reagan the man was hardly mean-spirited, Reagan the politician betrayed the social programs and trade unionism he once believed in so fiercely.
Posted on Jun 8, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Despite Bush's claim that occupied Iraq is "the central front in the war on terror," the grim consequences of this colonial-style adventure have finally gotten through to the electorate.
Posted on Jun 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Just weeks before the hand-over, we discover the lackey that the Pentagon bet on for the future of Iraq is suspected of being a con artist.
Posted on May 25, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The decision to allow same-sex marriage is a victory against those who claim to support the rights of the individual abroad while struggling to limit them at home.
Posted on May 18, 2004, Source: AlterNet
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