IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec 15, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Irony enters the fray By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Irony has entered the fray, and as is often the case with irony it is not only unintentional, but also not […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec 8, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Their pit bull By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — The lawyer/president analogy is explanatory. People choose an attorney for one reason: to win. They want a pit bull in their corner. […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 30, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Haley factor By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — The political pendulum is swinging ever so slightly, but pendulums have weight, weight creates momentum, and momentum is the life blood of […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 23, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Hamas plan for survival By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Now that a deal is in place for Hamas to return some of the hostages seized on October 7, it […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 17, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The need for nice By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — We wrote that new House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has a psychological need to be liked, and so he is, and […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 2, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Netanyahu is not Israel By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not popular in Israel and the expectation there and elsewhere is that he will not […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 2, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The rise of Beshear and fall of Youngkin By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — One door closed and another opened. That’s the wonder of politics when the people speak through the […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 27, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A Dark Wolf’s need By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Everyone wants to be liked; some people need to be liked. It is a psychological need. They have no enemies because […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 19, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Elimination, not retaliation By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, and Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas all face the prospect of forced regime […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 12, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Barbarity and morality By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — He is a man of many lives, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot retain power after his government was surprised by […]