IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 June 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – As college costs go up, student loan debt rises, surpassing what Americans owe on their credit cards and their car loans. Repaying student loans has become a decades-long obligation for […]
Category: Political Commentary
Obama’s greatest test
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 June 2014 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – With Iraq on the verge of succumbing to al-Qaeda insurgents, President Obama is facing the critical test of his presidency because the potential ramifications of this are earthshaking. It will […]
system doesn’t work
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28 January 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The system doesn’t workBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — He did not want to retire, but Justice Stephen Breyer had no choice. If he didn’t say he was stepping down, it is possible his Supreme Court seat could go to […]
and the Court
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 May 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Tragedy and the CourtBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Protect the embryos, not the kids is the mantra of the far-Right, and the far-Right controls the U.S. Supreme Court. Beginning with the Bush v. Gore decision that determined the presidential election in […]
Four senators in the breach
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29 August 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Four senators in the breach?By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans are not pleased with what they are seeing and not saying above a whisper. They are tired of defending President Trump’s off-again, on-again trade wars, his […]
Cuomo factor
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 April 2020WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The Cuomo factorBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – People longing for effective leadership in these perilous times are watching New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily coronavirus briefings, and they like what they see. Some of them think Cuomo should be […]
Forget the taxes Joe
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 July 2020WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Forget the taxes, JoeBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Nobody ever won a presidential election talking about how they would raise taxes. In this year’s Democratic primaries, the issue that tripped up Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy was the widespread belief that […]
ignorant are at fault
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 December 2020WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Only the ignorant are at faultBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Ignorance is a choice. Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling has it right when calling upon the president and other elected Republicans to stop claiming without evidence that the presidential […]
v Putin
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 March 2021WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Biden v. PutinBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin will go down in history as one of the most dangerous leaders of the 21st century. He has had numerous people assassinated; he has crushed dissent in his country; […]
A solution to America s Third World crime rate
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 September 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932A solution to America’s Third World crime rateBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The Charlie Kirk assassination once again exposes the violent nature of our nation. High crime rates, school shootings, and political assassinations set America apart from […]