June 24, 2025

The Keystone and Catastrophe

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 March 2025 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Keystone and Catastrophe By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – The following analysis is ominous, far from a worst case, and hopefully wrong.          For most of its history Europe has been […]

Why

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 […]

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, […]

Trump’s gift to Putin

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 January 2025 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               Trump’s gift to Putin By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON –President Trump’s fondness for Russian President Vladimir Putin is well documented. He has called him a “genius,” and took the Russian leader’s […]

McCain’s Courage

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 January 2025 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               McCain’s courage By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON –Where is Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., when we need him? Where are the giants of the Senate, the proven heroes, the men and women […]

America First Means America Last

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 January 2025 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               America First Means America Last By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – In his victory speech after winning reelection, Speaker Mike Johnson intemperately spoke in his temperate tone: “The path of prosperity […]

The Fed Senate and Business send a message

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 December 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               The Fed, Senate, and Business send a message By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON –The Dow tumbled eleven hundred points on one single day the week before Christmas when Chairman Jerome Powell […]

Promises Unbound

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 December 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               Promises Unbound By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – Donald Trump won a second turn at the presidency on the strength of promises made, some old, some new, some improbable, and many […]