IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 Dec 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 He who followed Trump’s playbook By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Where did George Santos come from? The 34-year-old won a congressional seat in New York as a Republican based on […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 Dec 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Trump replacement By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has not said much about Ukraine, at least not recently. He is probably trying to figure out […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 Dec 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Slow-walking arms to Ukraine By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — From the start of the Russo-Ukraine War, the Biden administration and NATO have slow-walked assistance to Ukraine. Initially, it was assumed […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 Nov 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Everyone comes to the Hotel Palats By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           KHERSON, UKRAINE — Everyone comes to the Palats, a four-story boutique hotel in the heart of Mykolaiv and temporary quarters for an eclectic assortment of […]

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IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 Oct 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A contrarian view of the economy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — It is time for us contrarians to state our case. The contrarian theory is predicated upon the reality that when most people predict something […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 14 Oct 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Lying for money; paying for lying By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — We just received a crash course on punishing people who lie for money. Hit them in their bank account. You know who they are […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7 Oct 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The power of hate By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — American politics have become so tribal that voting against the other side is more important than assessing the candidate on your side. Hate is the motivator, […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29 Sep 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 As the midterms go, so goes 2024 By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The outcome of two races will tell America if there is a blue wave or a red wave – or no wave at […]