IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 June 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 BIDEN/putin By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — President Biden views Russian President Putin as an autocrat devoid of a soul. He said so to his face 10 years ago and the Russian leader smiled, “We […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 June 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 First fish By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is the low-hanging fruit, and, as a result, he may be about to become – in this mixed metaphor – the First […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 May 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 They are reading our mail By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — In 1929, Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson closed the Cyber Bureau, memorably declaring, “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail.” As Secretary of […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29 April 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Government is the answer By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Ronald Reagan used to say the most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.” His […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 April 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The genesis of lethal force in modern America By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Moments before the guilty verdicts were announced in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, another unarmed Black person was […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 April 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The soul of the GOP died with John McCain By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Can mainstream Republicans recapture their party from a Trump-led cult? Their prospects look bleak. Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, can’t do […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 April 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Return of the unions and the middle class By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — For decades, the economic imbalance in America has increasingly widened to a degree not witnessed in more than a century. This […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 March 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Trickle-up economics By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — We tried trickle-down economics and the rich got richer, the poor got poorer, and the middle class became fewer. It’s time for trickle-up economics — again.           […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 March 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Tyranny of the minority By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — It is one of the Constitution’s flaws that the Senate through its grossly unbalanced representation, filibuster, and the collateral impact on the Electoral College was […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 February 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Impoverishing wages By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON— Lawmakers are negotiating over a $15 minimum wage and if it should be included in the coronavirus relief package now before Congress. What is there to negotiate? This […]