IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 Sep 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The king’s duty By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, her son, now King Charles III, delivered a heart-felt speech but failed to address the most existential question facing the […]
universal higher education is inevitable
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 Sep 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Free universal higher education is inevitable By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — It is not only Republicans failing to understand President Biden’s executive order canceling $10,000 in student debt for those who qualify. Some Democrats also […]
of touch means out of power
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 Aug 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Out of touch means out of power By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — A special election to fill a House seat in upstate New York is fresh evidence that Democrats are poised to confound conventional wisdom […]
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 […]