IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 August 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 19322028 may be all about KentuckyBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Democratic heavyweights are lining up for the 2028 presidential race, and one Kentuckian may be about to emerge from the pack.Meanwhile, after weighing her options, former senator […]
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Supreme Court’s Godfather
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28 October 2020WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The Supreme Court’s GodfatherBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The real story isn’t President Trump’s outlandish efforts to recreate 2016 with rallies that will win him the White House. It’s the Supreme Court, and what a new conservative majority will […]
real culprits
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 February 2021WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The real culpritsBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON—Democrats are making the case that Donald Trump is “singularly responsible” for the riot that breached the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. He certainly bears unique blame for what happened, and he will carry […]
A Democratic scenario
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 January 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932A Democratic scenarioBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Conventional wisdom says the Republicans will take back the House in the November midterm elections and have a better than even chance to win control of the Senate. If this happens, the […]
for a Goldwater moment
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5 November 2020WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Time for a Goldwater momentBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – We need a Goldwater moment. We need someone with stature to march into the White House and tell Donald Trump to stop doing what he is doing the same way […]
microcosm primary
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 May 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932A microcosm primaryBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Tuesday’s Pennsylvania primary is a microcosm of the political forces raging across the nation. The winners will set the stage for the battle between mostly mainstream Democrats and Trumpian Republicans who are running […]
The militarization of America
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 August 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The militarization of AmericaBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – We write as Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and President Trump are meeting in Alaska in an effort to end the war in Ukraine. Against that backdrop and the bonhomie […]
Pentagon Purge
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 November 2020WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The Pentagon PurgeBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – A favorite parlor game in recent months has been to guess what President Donald Trump might do if he lost reelection. Now we know what we know but we know not all. […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 February 2021 Will 2024 be as 1912 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 2024 as 1912 By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON— For Republicans, 2024 could be 1912 all over again, a year when former President Teddy Roosevelt formed the “Bull Moose” or Progressive Party […]
S and Trump debt solutions
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 23, 2024Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932U.S. and Trump debt solutionsBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The apparent dichotomy between Donald Trump’s debt and the U.S. federal debt may at first glance appear to be a correct description, but upon closer analysis the solution to […]