IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Why we should remember the Maine By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — We can tell a lot about a presidential candidate from the company he keeps, and Elon Musk’s presence spoke […]
Month: May 2023
Right Blackmail
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Far-far right blackmail By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — There are 435 members of the House of Representatives, a body devoid of any real membership requirements other than ballot success by […]
brilliant solution
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A brilliant solution By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Renowned Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe has posited a brilliant solution to the debt ceiling conundrum, but, being a lawyer, he writes […]
The falter and fall of the Court
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The falter and fall of the Court By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Today’s Supreme Court has been defined and diminished by two bad bookend decisions and two equally bad decisions […]
falter and fall of the Court
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The falter and fall of the Court By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Today’s Supreme Court has been defined and diminished by two bad bookend decisions and two equally bad decisions […]