June 23, 2025

If not him who

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28 June 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 If not him, who? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The sad reality revealed in the first presidential debate of 2024 to stunned viewers, foreign and domestic, is that President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been overtaken […]

and government make poor bedfellows

IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Religion and government make poor bedfellows By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — The Founding Fathers thought it was settled with James Madison, the principal author of what is known as “the Establishment clause,” declaring, […]

one believes them

IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 No one believes them By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Liberals have been griping about Justice Clarence Thomas for more than 30 years, since before he was elevated to the Supreme Court with the […]

not what you can do for your country

IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Ask not what you can do for your country By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Constitutionally, there only are two prerequisites for a person to serve as president: the person must be 35 years […]