IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28 January 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The system doesn’t workBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — He did not want to retire, but Justice Stephen Breyer had no choice. If he didn’t say he was stepping down, it is possible his Supreme Court seat could go to […]
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A Democratic scenario
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 January 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932A Democratic scenarioBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Conventional wisdom says the Republicans will take back the House in the November midterm elections and have a better than even chance to win control of the Senate. If this happens, the […]
Democratic scenario
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 January 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932A Democratic scenarioBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Conventional wisdom says the Republicans will take back the House in the November midterm elections and have a better than even chance to win control of the Senate. If this happens, the […]
we really have a democracy
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 December 2021WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Do we really have a democracy?By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Republicans are confident that gerrymandering alone will enable them to pick up the five seats needed to gain back control of the House of Representatives. That would mean the […]
time we’re ready
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 December 2021WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932This time we’re readyBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — People vote with their money. In 2020 they crashed the stock market over Covid, so, what is the market telling us about Omicron, the new Covid virus? When news first broke […]
Thankfully they understand the economic rhythms of history
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 November 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Thankfully, they understand the economic rhythms of history By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The economic theories of British John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) have lived on in the persons of former […]
Sam I am
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 November 2021WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Mr. Sam, I amBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Hours before the House voted to pass the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., took a poll and identified 20 of her members […]
most powerful person in the Senate
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 May 2021WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The most powerful person in the SenateBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The senior senator from West Virginia, Democrat Joe Manchin, is looking for 10 Republican patriots who will join with Democrats to authorize an independent commission to investigate the […]
lake
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 May 2021WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932China’s lakeBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — China is on the verge of turning the South China Sea into a Chinese lake. Why does this matter? China is an expansionist nation, but this is a description, not an explanation. The […]
stupidity fuelingPearl Harbor in slow motion
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 May 2021WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Willful stupidity fueling Pearl Harbor in slow motionBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — We live in an age of willful stupidity. And people are dying because of it. Too many people do not want to be confused by facts. They […]