Change We Can Bank On

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 19, 2008 This is not change we can believe in. Not if Robert Rubin or his protégé, Lawrence Summers, get to call the shots on the economy in President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming administration. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

A Fox to Protect the Henhouse?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 24, 2008 Does it really matter which party is in charge when it comes to bailing out the Wall Street hustlers whose shenanigans have bankrupted so many ordinary folks? Not if the Democrats roll over and cede power to the former head of Goldman Sachs, the investment bank at the center of our economic meltdown. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Earth to McCain: It’s a Crisis

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Sep 17, 2008 Gag me with a spoon, as Valley girls used to say. Did you see that McCain-Palin ad promising “tougher rules on Wall Street to protect your life savings, no special interest giveaways”? Just how dumb do they think we are? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Running for War President at Any Cost

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 27, 2008 Just great! Nuclear-armed Pakistan is falling apart, Iran's nuclear program is unchecked and congressional legislation on cooperation with the Russians on controlling nuclear proliferation is now dead in the water. Horrid news except for Sen. John McCain, who thrills to a repeat of the danger lines of the Cold War, and now stands a good chance of being our next president. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Taiwan Declares Peace on China

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 9, 2008 You can't trust the Chinese. I don't care if you're talking about those communists on the mainland or the other guys on Taiwan; they just won't follow the war-games script that our weapons hawks had counted on. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Happy Oil Dependence Day

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 2, 2008 As we head into the Fourth of July weekend of patriotic bluster and beer swilling -- but before we are too besotted with ourselves -- might we also for once consider our imperfections? Why not take a moment to heed the cautions of our founding father, George Washington, whose true legacy will most likely be ignored during the flag-waving weekend? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Is Clinton the Ticket for Obama?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 18, 2008 Why not Hillary? Not my first choice -- Al Gore is -- but I find all of the pro-and-con debate about Hillary Rodham Clinton to be beside the point. She is, as Barack Obama said, likable enough, and the Dems are not likely to pick anyone better. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Empire or Republic?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 14, 2008 War doesn't pay, nor does imperial ambition. This proposition should be evident to anyone who has paid attention to the fivefold increase in the price of oil since George W. Bush took office. The principle of nonintervention is neither liberal nor conservative in orientation, and at the inception of the Republic it was accepted as a commonsense. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Blame Rising Oil Prices on Bush

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jun 11, 2008 Wow, a lot of people must have bought Hummers last week. How else to explain the spike in oil prices? No, I'm not being silly: They are, and by they I mean the gaggle of media pundits and other administration apologists -- abetted by some green zealots -- who want to explain our energy crisis by reference to profligate consumers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Amy Goodman Talks to Robert Scheer About ‘The Pornography of Power’

BLANK May 31, 2008 "Democracy Now!" host Amy Goodman sat down with Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer on Friday to discuss his new book, "The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America." Watch as Scheer explains the metaphor behind the title, how the U.S. government spends more on defense than the rest of the world combined, and how some key players in Washington took 9/11 as a "license to steal." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Where Is the Outrage?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 28, 2008 Are we Americans truly savages or merely tone-deaf in matters of morality, and therefore more guilty of terminal indifference than venality? It's a question demanding an answer in response to the publication of a 370-page report on U.S. complicity in torture. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Paying for War at the Pump

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 21, 2008 What's it got to do with the price of gas? Would some reporter with access to the Republican presidential candidate please ask John McCain why he wants to continue President Bush's Mideast policy when it has proved so ruinous for American taxpayers? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )