October 6, 2025

as the evidence

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 Aug 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Show us the evidence By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Democrats are on a roll. Their chances of repelling the red tide and retaining control of the Senate have greatly improved. Losing the House to the […]

from under their rocks

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 Aug 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Out from under their rocks By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Last week’s primary results are a roadmap for the November midterms. Election deniers won in the key state of Arizona, and a gubernatorial candidate advanced […]

and when Trump is indicted

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29 July 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 If and when Trump is indicted By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — A year and a half after the January 6 insurrection, the investigation into what happened on that terrible day – and whom to hold […]

coming bottom-up coup

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 July 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The coming bottom-up coup By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The forces aligned to produce the 1/6 attack on the U.S. Capitol are not vanquished. The special committee investigating the attack has done a great job […]

America save itself from itself

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 July 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Can America save itself from itself? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The United States Constitution needs a rewrite and not the way it’s being done by the Supreme Court. America could use a Constitutional Convention […]

Crimes

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 June 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 War crimes By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The war in Ukraine continues to take its toll on both sides with no end yet in sight, so it was a surprise when Attorney General Merrick […]

evil that men do lives after them

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 June 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 “The evil that men do lives after them” By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Before he was elected president, John F. Kennedy published “Profiles in Courage” detailing the stories of  eight U.S. senators who had […]

purpose politics

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 June 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Cross purpose politics By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats are working at cross purposes within their own parties and among their own tenets. People are complicated, so politics are complicated. California could […]

and Money

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 June 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Guns and money By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The American people want gun regulation, but the Senate will not meet the moment. The best we can expect is incentives for states to adopt “red flag” […]

temporary economic problems are temporary

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20 May 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Our temporary economic problems are temporary By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON — The cable news pundits are forecasting more bad news as the war in Ukraine is holding up critical grain shipments. But this is not […]