WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – If the Red Line has been crossed, if Syria used chemical weapons in its civil war, what will or can the United States do? President Obama set the marker when he warned of Red Line consequences, but he did not indicate what they might be. […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Chechen terrorists By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – It is too early to link the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, the Tsarnaev brothers, to al-Qaeda, but the terrorist organization’s roots in Chechnya, their home country, is undisputed. The 2008 book, “Chechen Jihad: […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Complacency the ally of terrorism By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – FBI agents were at Logan Airport in Boston this week reminding people who had traveled to the city for the Marathon, and were now returning home, to empty their cell […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Nuclear Option the filibuster By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The time for the Nuclear Option has arrived. This is the term used to describe the ability of the Senate’s majority to change the rule that allows 41 senators to thwart […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The sin tax sin By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The sin tax sin is that in only works if people sin. Now, smoking, drinking, and gambling may not be sins in the biblical sense, but they fall under the sin […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 McConnell and the small tent GOP By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The country faces an array of challenges that can only be addressed through bipartisan compromise. President Obama is doing his part, offering highly controversial budget proposals that would rein […]

WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 G.W. a better painter than a president By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The faithful will flock to Dallas later this month for the official opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center located on the grounds of Southern Methodist University, first lady Laura Bush’s alma […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 North Korea’s dangerous bluff By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The White House early this week downplayed the threats emanating from North Korea, urging reporters to watch what the regime is doing, not what its leaders are saying. But by midweek, […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 People and president vs. the gun lobby By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Running for office several times during the decade he served as governor of Vermont, Howard Dean had the endorsement of the National Rifle Association. Some people find that […]

          WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Czar Putin and his Cypriot pawns By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The question on the table now is what will Russian President Putin do next in the ongoing Cyprus financial crisis. He rebuffed a delegation seeking a bailout for the […]