WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Syria at the tipping point By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Chances for a diplomatic resolution to the Syrian civil war are fading as the forces aligned with President Assad gain ground on the battlefield. President Obama’s announcement last week that […]
Beware the deceptive slogan
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Beware the deceptive slogan By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Beware the deceptive slogan. In the wake of the revelations about government tracking of personal communications, there is a resurgence of the phrase: “If you have done nothing wrong, you have […]
The new abortion battleground
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The new abortion battleground By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The abortion battles continue to change battlegrounds. After Roe v. Wade legalized the procedure, mainly Republicans fought and lost the battle in Congress. Then, they fought and lost in the courts. […]
Traitor or whistleblower
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Traitor or whistleblower By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – It didn’t take long, just one news cycle and Edward Snowden’s name is added to a relatively short list of people who have been willing to take extraordinary risks to reveal secrets they think the government should […]
Christi’s gamble
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Christi’s gamble By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The opportunity to replace a U.S. senator of the opposite party with a partisan of your own choosing doesn’t happen that often, and when it does, it can be fraught with danger, as […]
Protect our uniformed women
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Protect our uniformed women By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – It was an astounding admission when Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., confessed that he had advised the mother of a young woman interested in joining the military that he couldn’t in all […]
Iran in Syria
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Iran in Syria By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – President Obama’s over-arching foreign policy goal is to extricate the country from Afghanistan, and not get his administration pulled into another war where U.S. national interests are not directly involved. He did manage to end U.S. involvement […]
Press freedom vs. national security
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Press freedom vs. national security By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Much of the Washington press corps is in an uproar over two leak probes initiated by the Justice Department, one involving the Associated Press, the other Fox News reporter James […]
Apple and the giant U.S. tax loopholes
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Apple and the giant U.S. tax loopholes By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – When Apple, Inc. held a $17 billion bond offering in April, analysts wondered why the storied company would take on that amount of debt when, like many U.S. […]
Federal agencies’ raw power
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Federal agencies’ raw power By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The FBI can investigate and arrest you. The SEC can subpoena and investigate you. The IRS can audit, pry, fine, sue, and even refer you to the Justice Department for criminal […]