Articles written by Robert Scheer


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  • A gift from the United States to mideast zealots

    Robert Scheer, Columnist|Updated Jul 18, 2013

    The U.S. government has long been a hypocritical champion of democratic governance, claiming to honor free elections but historically attempting to subvert their outcomes when the result is not to our liking. But the rank betrayals of our commitment to the principles of representative democracy, from Guatemala to Iran to South Vietnam, among the scores of nations where we undermined duly elected leaders, reached a nadir with the coup by a U.S.-financed military in Egypt against that country’s first democratically elected g...

  • Whiny billionaires in need of sequestration

    Robert Scheer, Columnist|Updated Mar 7, 2013

    Where is the Occupy movement now that the depravity of the super rich is on full display? The suddenly increased national debt is primarily the result of a deep recession caused by the top bankers and hedge fund hustlers of Wall Street, saved from their folly by massive and costly federal intervention. The result has been a season of obscene profit for them, while the rest of the nation has floundered. But instead of making the rich pay, ordinary citizens will be visited with job furloughs and a savaging of public services...