September 23, 2025

Bezos and the missing model

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Bezos and the missing model By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Imagine a major national newspaper online and a permanent advertisement with multiple categories and teasers in one long column down the right side of the front page and what you […]

The GOP’s shrinking tent

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The GOP’s shrinking tent By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Both parties claim to be big tents, but the Republican Party appears to be too small for some ideologies and too big for others. Mainstream members worry that their party is […]

Madison and the Vietnam rapprochement

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Madison and the Vietnam rapprochement By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The meeting at the White House last week between Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and President Obama received scant attention from a national media that has left Vietnam in the […]

The party of Hoover isn’t listening

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The party of Hoover isn’t listening By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – President Obama is getting hammered by the chattering class for staging a series of speeches without offering any new policies. The criticism is justified, but then what new policies […]

Combining Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Combining Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – With 576,412 residents, Wyoming is the least populated state in the union, but among those who call the mountainous state home are some towering figures, including former Senator Alan Simpson […]

Majority Leader McCain?

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Majority Leader McCain? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – One thing that’s been consistent over Sen. John McCain’s, R-Ariz., long political career, he likes to be where the action is. Whether it’s campaign finance reform, an early cause of his, or […]

The fog of bureaucracy

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The fog of bureaucracy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Do bureaucrats really run the country? If the following example is replicated throughout the government, the answer is, “Yes.” Not since the days of the $434 hammer and the $600 toilet […]