IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 June 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 War crimes By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The war in Ukraine continues to take its toll on both sides with no end yet in sight, so it was a surprise when Attorney General Merrick […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 June 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 “The evil that men do lives after them” By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Before he was elected president, John F. Kennedy published “Profiles in Courage” detailing the stories of  eight U.S. senators who had […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 June 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Cross purpose politics By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats are working at cross purposes within their own parties and among their own tenets. People are complicated, so politics are complicated. California could […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 June 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Guns and money By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The American people want gun regulation, but the Senate will not meet the moment. The best we can expect is incentives for states to adopt “red flag” […]