March 19, 2024

obvious immigration solution

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar 15, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The obvious immigration solution By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — The crisis at the border is the top issue for Republicans, who blame President Biden for responding too little too late to the unprecedented […]

decisive Haley bloc

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar 7, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The decisive Haley bloc By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley lost on Super Tuesday, but her supporters won, establishing themselves as the most sought-after bloc in American politics today.           Haley declined to […]

U S and Trump debt solutions

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 23, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 U.S. and Trump debt solutions By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — The apparent dichotomy between Donald Trump’s debt and the U.S. federal debt may at first glance appear to be a correct description, but […]

discharge petition pathway to bipartisanship

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 16, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A discharge petition pathway to bipartisanship By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Is bipartisanship finally at hand? After all, it never occurred to the Founding Fathers it would be otherwise. James Madison, the […]

Don

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 9, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Don By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Is the Donald behaving like the Don, a mafia super boss? “Be brutal, be tough,” he has said.           He hasn’t yet won the Republican […]

and the moral high ground

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 3, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Israel and the moral high ground By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — The nation that tempers the harsh realities of conflict with the held-out hand of humanity will sow the seeds of peace. […]

the economy stupid

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 27, 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 “It’s the economy stupid” By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — When asking voters what they think of the U.S. economy, the response is generally negative even if they think their own […]

or power

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 19, 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Patriotism or power By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Patriotism is not an ordinary word. It is a cornerstone word, an assumption word. All politicians are assumed to be patriotic citizens […]

longer inevitable

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 12, 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 No longer inevitable By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Suddenly we have a race in New Hampshire. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley had already closed the gap with Donald Trump […]

Last a Meaningful Debate

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 4, 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 At last a meaningful debate By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — It is game on for the first one-on-one Republican debate of the 2024 campaign season between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis […]