IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The move to the messy middle By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Incredibly, conservative House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Has become the voice of the Republican center, aided in the process by the presumptive […]
delayed justice delivered
IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Justice delayed, justice delivered? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Justice delayed, justice denied, is the mantra, but for Donald Trump it is justice delayed, justice delivered. Deny, deflect, and buy time. Of […]
fighting victory
IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Stop fighting victory By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The war against inflation has been won. Apparently, the Federal Reserve did not get the memo or at least the memo distinguishing between short- and […]
Great Mistake
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar 29, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The great mistake By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — As Truth Social goes, so shall go the Trump campaign. If Truth Social is riding high, so will Donald Trump; if not? Donald Trump’s […]
GOP s dissipating issues
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar 22, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The GOP’s dissipating issues By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Inflation and immigration are the clarion calls of the GOP. Come November they will not be. It is welcome news when Federal Reserve […]
obvious immigration solution
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar 15, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The obvious immigration solution By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The crisis at the border is the top issue for Republicans, who blame President Biden for responding too little too late to the unprecedented […]
decisive Haley bloc
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mar 7, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The decisive Haley bloc By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley lost on Super Tuesday, but her supporters won, establishing themselves as the most sought-after bloc in American politics today. Haley declined to […]
U S and Trump debt solutions
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 23, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 U.S. and Trump debt solutions By 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 […]
discharge petition pathway to bipartisanship
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 16, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A discharge petition pathway to bipartisanship By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Is bipartisanship finally at hand? After all, it never occurred to the Founding Fathers it would be otherwise. James Madison, the […]
Don
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 9, 2024 Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Don By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Is the Donald behaving like the Don, a mafia super boss? “Be brutal, be tough,” he has said. He hasn’t yet won the Republican […]