April 16, 2024

motive and egomania

IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Of motive and egomania By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — People who abscond with highly classified government documents tend to do so for either ideological or monetary motives, the latter being […]

we should remember the Maine

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Why we should remember the Maine By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — We can tell a lot about a presidential candidate from the company he keeps, and Elon Musk’s presence spoke […]

Right Blackmail

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Far-far right blackmail By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — There are 435 members of the House of Representatives, a body devoid of any real membership requirements other than ballot success by […]

brilliant solution

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A brilliant solution By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Renowned Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe has posited a brilliant solution to the debt ceiling conundrum, but, being a lawyer, he writes […]

The falter and fall of the Court

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The falter and fall of the Court By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Today’s Supreme Court has been defined and diminished by two bad bookend decisions and two equally bad decisions […]

falter and fall of the Court

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4 May 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The falter and fall of the Court By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Today’s Supreme Court has been defined and diminished by two bad bookend decisions and two equally bad decisions […]

It isn’t the only thing

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 April 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 It isn’t the only thing By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” So said Green Bay Packer Coach Vince Lombardi, never realizing how low some […]

isn’t the only thing

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27 April 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 It isn’t the only thing By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing.” So said Green Bay Packer Coach Vince Lombardi, never realizing how low some […]

puppet

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 April 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Murdoch’s puppet By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — It is hard to blame Dominion Voting Systems for accepting a $787.5 million dollar settlement from Fox News for spreading false claims that […]

and the right side of history

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 April 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932                                                    Rights and the right side of history By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift           WASHINGTON – The 2024 election for the president, House members, and one third of senators is rapidly shaping up as […]