Robert Scheer

Robert Scheer

Biography:

Robert Scheer, editor in chief of Truthdig.com, 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. That column ran weekly for the next 12 years and is now based at Truthdig.com.

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  • Police Exposé

    Norm Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police Department, joined Ian to expose some of the issues affecting the 21st-century police force. In the first hour, Truthdig editor-in-chief Robert Scheer commented on the Occupy Wall Street movement.More »

Last Night

Toto & Rock Music / Proving Reincarnation
Toto & Rock Music / Proving Reincarnation
Original TOTO guitarist Steve Lukather talked about his decades in rock music. Followed by researcher Stephen Sakellarios, who discussed reincarnation and his own past life experience.

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