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Robert
Scheer has built a reputation for strong social and political
writing over his 30 years as a journalist. His columns appear in
newspapers across the country, and his in-depth interviews have
made headlines. He conducted the famous Playboy magazine
interview in which Jimmy Carter confessed to the lust in his
heart and he went on to do many interviews for the Los
Angeles Times with Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill
Clinton and many other prominent political and cultural figures.
Between 1964 and 1969 he was
Vietnam correspondent, managing editor and editor in chief of
Ramparts magazine. From 1976 to 1993 he served as a national
correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, writing on diverse
topics such as the Soviet Union, arms control, national politics
and the military. In 1993 he launched a nationally syndicated
column based at the Los Angeles Times, where he was named
a contributing editor.
Scheer can be heard on the political radio program Left,
Right and Center on KCRW, the National Public Radio
affiliate in Santa Monica, Calif. He has written eight
books, most recently, The Pornography of Power: How Defense
Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America.
Scheer is a syndicated columnist
at the San Francisco Chronicle, and also clinical
professor at The University of Southern California, Annenberg
School for Communication as well as Editor-in-Chief, of
Truthdig.com.
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part 1
part 2
"I Want
Democracy Now!"
with
Amy Goodman
The Pornography of Power:
How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America
written by Robert Scheer
In the course of his forty-year-career as one of
America
's most admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been
praised by Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion, who deems
him "one of the best reporters of our time." Now,
Scheer brings a lifetime of wisdom and experience to one of the
most overlooked and dangerous issues of our time - the
destructive influence of America's military-industrial complex.
Scheer examines the expansion of our military presence
throughout the world, our insane nuclear strategy, the
immorality of corporations profiting in
Iraq
, and the arrogance of our foreign policy. Although Scheer is a
liberal, his view echoes that of former Republican president
General Dwight Eisenhower, who, in his farewell speech to the
American people, spoke prophetically about need to guard against
the growing influence of the military-industrial complex. In
George W. Bush's America, politicians like Ike and Richard Nixon seem like prudent
centrists.
The views of libertarians, liberals, and pacifists are often
overlooked or ignored by America's mainstream media. The
Pornography of Power is the culmination of a respected
journalist's efforts to change the terms of debate
.
At a time when many are exploiting fears of terrorist attacks
and only a few national leaders are willing to advocate cuts in
defense spending, nuclear disarmament, and restrained use of
American force, Robert Scheer has written a manifesto for
enlightened reform.
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