Opinion - Robert Scheer

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  • Keeping Afghanistan Safe From Democracy

    Robert Scheer – Wed Nov 4, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - The most idiotic thing being said about America's involvement in Afghanistan is that the best way to protect the 68,000 U.S. troops there now is by putting an additional 40,000 in harm's way. Full Story »

  • Lieberman Twists the Knife

    Robert Scheer – Wed Oct 28, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - Is there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any health care reform bill that has a public option — even the version with the "trigger" compromise accepted by Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe — because it might cost money. Full Story »

  • Zooming in on This Year's Biggest Hoax

    Robert Scheer – Wed Oct 21, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - Who are these people? I am not referring to the pathetic parents of "Balloon Boy," whose fake drama I have been unable to escape while on the treadmill this week, thanks to my gym's insistence on tuning its flat-screen TVs to Wolf Blitzer's nonstop self-parody. Full Story »

  • Health Care Sideshow Detracts From Real Economic Travesty

    Robert Scheer – Wed Oct 14, 3:00 am ET  

    Creators Syndicate - Wonderful. The 13 Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee get one faintly rational Republican to join them in a meaningless stab at health care reform, and it throws the media into a titillated frenzy about what it all means. It means very little. Full Story »