Alternative News and Information. en-us http://www.alternet.org/rss/button.gif http://www.alternet.org/ AlterNet http://www.alternet.org/ Copyright 2008 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved. http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/84760/ Both McCain and Clinton have shown a dangerously cavalier attitude towards the option of a nuclear strike against Iran. Wed, 07 May 2008 15:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/84006/ McCain's age matters; especially if he picks his running mate from the crazy wing of the Republican Party. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/83291/ Is the campaign trail the best place to ratchet up the rhetoric against Iran? Clinton thinks so. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/82564/ How do we explain voter support for McCain in light of the nation's widespread, bipartisan rejection of the Bush administration? Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/81913/ By undercutting the widespread support for getting out of Iraq, General Petraeus betrayed the American public. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/81099/ The government has invested trillions in weapons that are completely useless in the fight against stateless terrorists. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/80573/ Many religious leaders prophesy divine retribution for America's bad behavior. I wonder what we would be punished for. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/80243/ Iraq is in shambles and our economy is crumbling. But at least George Bush is still in good spirits. Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/79486/ Wall Street crooks cheer the downfall of the man who tried to check their criminal greed. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/78902/ The folks who call America the "Great Satan" now hold the high cards. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/78021/ McCain was one of the few politicians brave enough to oppose a 1996 telecom bill that opened the way for large-scale media consolidation. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/77367/ The Cuban people have suffered under an arrogant and idealistic revolutionary whose vision floundered on the rocks of cynical U.S. foreign policy. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/76958/ Clearly, what's good for big oil isn't good for most Americans. So why are the interests of oil companies mistaken for those of the nation? Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/76208/ Will your favorite Dem challenge the bloated military budget Bush proposed for 2009? Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/75535/ We should pay attention to Sen. Ted Kennedy's endorsement for president -- he was a rare sane voice among Dems in opposing the Iraq war. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/74718/ No Dem candidate will say what Kucinich would have said: Bankers will steal from the public unless the government holds them accountable. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/73999/ Even Osama bin Laden and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad scored higher in a poll last month. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/73255/ As long as Hillary Clinton and Gloria Steinem have chosen to play the women's card against the race card, let's throw in a third one: the class card. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/70455/ Have Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats been keeping waterboarding a secret for years? Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/69767/ Bush is either a liar or out to lunch on the most important issue he faces. Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/69134/ The U.S. government fears that Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan's "president-in-exile" who just returned, will be soft on Muslim fanatics. Those fears are well founded. Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/68631/ How damning is that it takes a libertarian Republican to remind the leading Democratic candidates of the costs of the Iraq war? Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/67922/ Bush continues to bail out Gen. Musharraf under the pretense that he's an ally in the war on terror. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/67255/ So General Musharraf has turned out to be just another crummy dictator, but at least he was George Bush's dictator. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:00:01 PST Robert Scheer http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/66618/ What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war, who this week announced yet another quarter of whopping profits made possible by George Bush. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:00:01 PDT Robert Scheer