IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 October 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 We don’t know the candidates By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – There are lots of things we don’t yet know about the upcoming election, like what the turnout will be and whether the Republicans will win […]
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Objectives, threats, and means
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 October 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 Objectives, threats, and means By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Everyone is hoping the shooting of a soldier at a Canadian war memorial is an isolated event, but hope is not a strategy. Authorities in Canada, […]
American parliament
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 October 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 American parliament By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – We could wake up on November 5th with two additional Independents elected to the U.S. Senate and majority control awaiting the outcome of two runoff elections, one in Louisiana […]
Where are the forward observers?
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 October 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 Where are the forward observers? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Months of sustained air attacks in Iraq and Syria have destroyed trucks and artillery pieces as well as oil and other installations, but so far […]
Obama as Truman
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 October 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 Obama as Truman By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – It was seen as a mistake by the political pros when President Obama told a friendly audience in his home state of Illinois that while he is […]
China on the brink
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 October 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 China on the brink By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The Chinese government says it will not send in the army to disperse the hundreds of thousands of protestors who have immobilized Hong Kong for the […]
“Wheels up, rings off”
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 October 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 “Wheels up, rings off” By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – “I salute her 30 years of distinguished service to the Secret Service and the Nation,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement, and then […]
The Kurdish conundrum and disaster in the making
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 September 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 The Kurdish conundrum and disaster in the making By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The nightmare that is Syria today took a new and horrifying twist this week when 100,000 refugees streamed across the border from […]
Twist on the global warming war
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 September 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 Twist on the global warming war By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Fast forward 100 years or even 50 years and look back on today from that vantage point. The threat posed by ISIS will be […]
If not boots, perhaps Guccis on the ground
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 September 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – President Obama’s vow not to put boots back on the ground in Iraq, or send them to Syria, has prompted some analysts to wonder what kind of footwear is worn […]