WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The new abortion battleground By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The abortion battles continue to change battlegrounds. After Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure, mainly Republicans fought and lost the battle in Congress. Then, they fought and lost in the courts. […]
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Traitor or whistleblower
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Traitor or whistleblower By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – It didn’t take long, just one news cycle and Edward Snowden’s name is added to a relatively short list of people who have been willing to take extraordinary risks to reveal secrets they think the government should […]
Christi’s gamble
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Christi’s gamble By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The opportunity to replace a U.S. senator of the opposite party with a partisan of your own choosing doesn’t happen that often, and when it does, it can be fraught with danger, as […]
Protect our uniformed women
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Protect our uniformed women By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – It was an astounding admission when Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., confessed that he had advised the mother of a young woman interested in joining the military that he couldn’t in all […]
Iran in Syria
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Iran in Syria By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – President Obama’s over-arching foreign policy goal is to extricate the country from Afghanistan, and not get his administration pulled into another war where U.S. national interests are not directly involved. He did manage to end U.S. involvement […]
Press freedom vs. national security
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Press freedom vs. national security By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Much of the Washington press corps is in an uproar over two leak probes initiated by the Justice Department, one involving the Associated Press, the other Fox News reporter James […]
Apple and the giant U.S. tax loopholes
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Apple and the giant U.S. tax loopholes By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – When Apple, Inc. held a $17 billion bond offering in April, analysts wondered why the storied company would take on that amount of debt when, like many U.S. […]
Federal agencies’ raw power
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Federal agencies’ raw power By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The FBI can investigate and arrest you. The SEC can subpoena and investigate you. The IRS can audit, pry, fine, sue, and even refer you to the Justice Department for criminal […]
Congress failed with IRS
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Congress failed with IRS By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The IRS is a pseudo independent agency of government that reports to the Secretary of the Treasury. It is a vast bureaucracy with only two political appointees, and the IRS commissioner […]
Benghazi facts and fictions
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Benghazi facts and fictions By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Republicans cannot believe that the voters have paid so little attention to the events last year at Benghazi that took the lives of four Americans, including the much beloved ambassador to […]