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On Leaving the <em>LA Times</em>

On Friday I was fired as a columnist by the, where I have worked for thirty years. The publisher has not offered a word of explanation to me.
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Robert Scheer has built a reputation for strong social and political writing over his 30 years as a journalist.

Robert Scheer has built a reputation for strong social and political writing over his 30 years as a journalist.
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On Friday I was fired as a columnist by the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, where I have worked for thirty years. The publisher, Jeff Johnson, who has offered not a word of explanation to me, has privately told people that he hated every word that I wrote. I assume that mostly refers to my exposing the lies used by President Bush to justify the invasion of Iraq. Fortunately sixty percent of Americans now get the point, but only after tens of thousand of Americans and Iraqis have been killed and maimed as the carnage spirals out of control. My only regret is that my pen was not sharper and my words tougher.

Starting Wednesday morning, my column will be appearing here on the Huffington Post.

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