IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 Sep 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The counter threat By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The world is at a crisis point. Russian President Putin has threatened the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The war is going badly for Russia, and […]
Category: Political Commentary
and Bolsonaro
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 Sep 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Barr and Bolsonaro By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Call it an evolution or a revolution, it’s an important development that former attorney general William Barr appeared on Fox News multiple times to denounce the ruling […]
The king’s duty
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 Sep 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The king’s duty By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, her son, now King Charles III, delivered a heart-felt speech but failed to address the most existential question facing the […]
universal higher education is inevitable
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 Sep 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Free universal higher education is inevitable By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — It is not only Republicans failing to understand President Biden’s executive order canceling $10,000 in student debt for those who qualify. Some Democrats also […]
of touch means out of power
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 Aug 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Out of touch means out of power By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — A special election to fill a House seat in upstate New York is fresh evidence that Democrats are poised to confound conventional wisdom […]
as the evidence
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 Aug 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Show us the evidence By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Democrats are on a roll. Their chances of repelling the red tide and retaining control of the Senate have greatly improved. Losing the House to the […]
from under their rocks
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 Aug 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Out from under their rocks By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Last week’s primary results are a roadmap for the November midterms. Election deniers won in the key state of Arizona, and a gubernatorial candidate advanced […]
and when Trump is indicted
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29 July 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 If and when Trump is indicted By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — A year and a half after the January 6 insurrection, the investigation into what happened on that terrible day – and whom to hold […]
coming bottom-up coup
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 July 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The coming bottom-up coup By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The forces aligned to produce the 1/6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are not vanquished. The special committee investigating the attack has done a great job […]
America save itself from itself
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 July 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Can America save itself from itself? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The United States Constitution needs a rewrite and not the way it’s being done by the Supreme Court. America could use a Constitutional Convention […]