IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 November 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               Did Mr. Smith go to Washington By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – Where is Mister Smith when we need him? We are yearning for the courageous, principled, and idealistic senator portrayed […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 November 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               End the Income Tax? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – End the Income Tax? It sounds like a good idea. It may be a good idea. It certainly is a popular […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 November 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               The seed of destruction By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – Adlai Stevenson running for president in the 1950’s was told by an admiring voter after hearing him speak, “Every thinking person […]