IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Who will replace DeSantis? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Republican voters are searching for someone to latch onto, someone to cheer for other than Trump. But in the words from […]
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Wife
IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Caesar’s wife By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — “A judge, like Caesar’s wife, must be above suspicion.” – Supreme Court of India, 2022 It is an application of an ancient […]
motive and egomania
IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Of motive and egomania By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — People who abscond with highly classified government documents tend to do so for either ideological or monetary motives, the latter being […]
we should remember the Maine
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Why we should remember the Maine By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — We can tell a lot about a presidential candidate from the company he keeps, and Elon Musk’s presence spoke […]
Right Blackmail
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Far-far right blackmail By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — There are 435 members of the House of Representatives, a body devoid of any real membership requirements other than ballot success by […]
brilliant solution
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A brilliant solution By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Renowned Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe has posited a brilliant solution to the debt ceiling conundrum, but, being a lawyer, he writes […]
falter and fall of the Court
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The falter and fall of the Court By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Today’s Supreme Court has been defined and diminished by two bad bookend decisions and two equally bad decisions […]
The falter and fall of the Court
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The falter and fall of the Court By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Today’s Supreme Court has been defined and diminished by two bad bookend decisions and two equally bad decisions […]
isn’t the only thing
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 April 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 It isn’t the only thing By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” So said Green Bay Packer Coach Vince Lombardi, never realizing how low some […]
It isn’t the only thing
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 April 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 It isn’t the only thing By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” So said Green Bay Packer Coach Vince Lombardi, never realizing how low some […]