In 1981, Captain Herrick and journalist Robert Scheer re-examined Herrick's ship's log and determined that the first torpedo report from August 4, which Herrick had maintained had occurred — the " apparent ambush "— was in fact unfounded.

* McNamara's Evil Lives On by Robert Scheer, The Nation, July 8, 2009

Cooder's critically acclaimed new album Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, released on August 30, 2011, contains politically charged songs such as " No Banker Left Behind " which was inspired by a Robert Scheer column.

The judges were Herbert N. Foerstel, Head of Branch Libraries, University of Maryland ; Robert Scheer, National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times ; and Maxine Waters, US Representative, California.

The judges were Hector Villagra ; Patricia Schroeder ; Robert Scheer ; and Norman Lear.

* Los Angeles Times Interview: Maxine Waters by Robert Scheer, LA Times, May 16, 1993

Robert Scheer was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City.

: Robert Scheer is a journalist in the gadfly tradition of Lincoln Steffens, I. F. Stone and Seymour Hersh.

Robert Scheer is editor-in-chief of the news website Truthdig, which is a four-time recipient of the Webby Award for best political blog and winner of multiple awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Los Angeles Press Club.

Robert Scheer married Anne Butterfield Weills in 1965 ; they later divorced.

Robert Scheer is now married to Narda Catharine Zacchino.

* Robert Scheer Features at Creators Syndicate

* Robert Scheer at AlterNet

* Robert Scheer: " Where Is the Community Organizer We Elected?

: Amy Goodman interviews Robert Scheer about " The Great American Stickup "

* The Real News: Paul Jay asks Robert Scheer " Why Are House Republicans Reading the Constitution?

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* Scheer, Robert, " Bigger Breasts: The Great Implant Lie ," in Sterling Harwood, ed., Business as Ethical and Business as Usual ( Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1996 ).

Journalist Robert Scheer, in his book The Great American Stickup, claims the repeal of the Glass – Steagall Act was a key factor in the 2008 financial crisis.

Executive editor Warren Hinckle hired Robert Scheer to replace James F. Colaianni as managing editor when Colaianni was promoted to Assistant Publisher.

Robert Scheer later became a featured columnist in the Los Angeles Times and is now the editor of Truthdig and a regular participant in the NPR program Left, Right and Center.

He was active in opposition to the Vietnam War, volunteering for the 1966 anti-war campaign of Robert Scheer ( the subject of his book The Scheer Campaign ).

Robert Todd Lincoln was born in 1843 and Edward Baker Lincoln ( Eddie ) in 1846.

They brought two children from Ireland, Hugh ( born 1763 ) and Robert ( born 1764 ).

Robert Roy MacGregor was born at the head of nearby Loch Katrine, and his well known cattle stealing exploits took him all around the area surrounding Aberfoyle.

However, the most local historical figure is the Reverend Robert Kirk, born in 1644.

One was also awarded for the same action to Robert Jones ( VC ), born at Clytha between Abergavenny and Raglan.

Arthur Robert Jensen ( born August 24, 1923 ) is a Professor Emeritus of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.

* Robert DiPierdomenico ( born 1958 ), Australian rules footballer

Robert James Lee " Bob " Hawke AC GCL ( born 9 December 1929 ) is a former Australian politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

Sir Robert " Bobby " Charlton CBE ( born 11 October 1937 ) is an English former football player.

Robert ( Bob ) M. Frankston ( born June 14, 1949 in Brooklyn New York ) is the co-creator with Dan Bricklin of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program and the co-founder of Software Arts, the company that developed it.

The author Robert Lee speculated that Teach may therefore have been born into a respectable, wealthy family.

Robert Quinlan " Bob " Costas ( born March 22, 1952 ) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s.

Daniel Robert " Danny " Elfman ( born May 29, 1953 ) is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme.

Stephen Donaldson ( July 27, 1946 – July 18, 1996 ), born Robert Anthony Martin, Jr and also known by the pseudonym Donny the Punk, was an American bisexual-identified LGBT political activist.

She was born in Sevierville, Tennessee, the fourth of twelve children of Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer, and his wife Avie Lee Owens.

Hofstadter was born in New York City, the son of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Robert Hofstadter.

David Robert Jones ( born 8 January 1947 ), known by his stage name David Bowie ( ), is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger.

David Bowie was born David Robert Jones in Brixton, London, on 8 January 1947.

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Theodor Robert and Henrietta ( Seuss ) Geisel .< ref name =" early ">

Famous authors of the city include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Muriel Spark, author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, James Hogg, author of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series of crime thrillers, J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, who began her first book in an Edinburgh coffee shop, Adam Smith, economist, born in Kirkcaldy, and author of The Wealth of Nations, Sir Walter Scott, the author of famous titles such as Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and Heart of Midlothian, Robert Louis Stevenson, creator of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.

On 6 April 1584, Oxford's daughter, Bridget, was born, and two works were dedicated to him, Robert Greene's Gwydonius ; The Card of Fancy, and John Southern's Pandora.

They have three children ; Robert ( born 1958 ), Wendy ( born 1963 ) and Julia ( born 1969 ).