IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 September 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Expanding is not packing the Supreme Court By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has a checkered past, filled with good decisions, bad decisions, and incomprehensible decisions which is how Associate Justice […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 September 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 “The evil that men do lives after them” Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar By Douglas Cohn           WASHINGTON — California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom is fighting for his political life in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1. […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 September 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 $4.7 trillion By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Critics said it couldn’t be done, and President Joe Biden disagreed. He campaigned on his ability to work with Congress, and he made good on that promise. […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 August 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Two successes and a horrific failure By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has simultaneously succeeded and failed, proving at least for now that he is a domestic affairs rather than a foreign […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20 August 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 He’s no John Kennedy By Douglas Cohn           WASHINGTON — This is President Joe Biden’s Bay of Pigs moment, but the man did not meet the moment. On April 17, 1961, the U.S. sponsored invasion of Cuba at […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 August 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 America in retreat By Douglas Cohn           WASHINGTON — America is in retreat and not only in Afghanistan. My book, “The President’s First Year” is subtitled: “None were prepared; some never learned – why the only school for […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 August 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A pandemic of the unvaccinated By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The Spanish flu nearly simultaneously killed more people worldwide than World War I, a cautionary tale with lessons for today. The cities of Philadelphia […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 July 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Tough love, tough words, and tough rules By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Anti-maskers in Florida burned masks in a show of solidarity with their governor, Republican Ron DeSantis, whose presidential ambitions could hinge on […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 July 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A preventable disease is not a pandemic By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Journalist and satirist H.L. Mencken said, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.” His words come to […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 July 2021 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Who will show their shame? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — President John Adams attempted to counter lies and misinformation with the Sedition Act. But the First Amendment prevailed, and the act failed. Lesson learned. […]