July 17, 2025

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 […]

A Primer for Failure

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 December 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               A primer for failure By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – “Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always […]

Did Mr Smith Go to Washington

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 November 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               Did Mr. Smith go to Washington By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – Where is Mister Smith when we need him? We are yearning for the courageous, principled, and idealistic senator portrayed […]

Ed the Income Tax

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 November 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               End the Income Tax? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – End the Income Tax? It sounds like a good idea. It may be a good idea. It certainly is a popular […]

The Seed of Destruction

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 November 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               The seed of destruction By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – Adlai Stevenson running for president in the 1950’s was told by an admiring voter after hearing him speak, “Every thinking person […]

A single faithless elector could elect the president

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 October 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               A single faithless elector could elect the president By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift   WASHINGTON – The election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is shaping up to be the closest Electoral College […]

Lady or the Tiger

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 October 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Lady or the Tiger By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – In the classic Frank Stockton short story, an accused person is faced with two doors, behind one a lady, behind the other […]

The Great Republican Schism

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 October 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               The Great Republican Schism By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – Whatever the outcome of the presidential race, Republicans are more likely than not to control the U.S. Senate. Or is there […]

Patriotism not Politics

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 October 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               Patriotism not Politics By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – In my book, “The President’s First Year,” I made the case that America has survived in spite of our presidents, not because […]