IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 February 2025 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Why? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The elephant in the room that few people seem to address is a single word: Why? Why is Pres. Donald Trump so subservient to […]
Month: February 2025
Trump’s Brumaire
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 February 2025 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Trump’s Brumaire By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – A triple civil war is brewing, and a strongman is standing in the wings ready to take control. No, this is not Napoleon’s […]
Yes He Can
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 February 2025 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Yes, he can By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – There are major fault lines in the Constitution and our government based upon it, and thanks to Donald Trump those fault lines are […]
L tat c est moi
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 February 2025 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 L’État, c’est moi By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON –Louis XIV of France, the absolute monarch known as the Sun King, said, possibly apocryphally, “L’État, c’est moi,” literally, “The state, it is me,” or more commonly, […]