IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29 August 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Four senators in the breach?By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans are not pleased with what they are seeing and not saying above a whisper. They are tired of defending President Trump’s off-again, on-again trade wars, his […]
Zelenskyy Options
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 August 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The Zelenskyy optionsBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – In the wake of President Donald Trump’s brief meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is returning to the United States on Monday in the company of […]
The militarization of America
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 August 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The militarization of AmericaBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – We write as Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and President Trump are meeting in Alaska in an effort to end the war in Ukraine. Against that backdrop and the bonhomie […]
2028 May be all about Kentucky
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 August 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 19322028 may be all about KentuckyBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Democratic heavyweights are lining up for the 2028 presidential race, and one Kentuckian may be about to emerge from the pack.Meanwhile, after weighing her options, former senator […]
Attack and Distract
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 July 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Attack and distractBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – In the extreme, an unscrupulous leader in trouble at home seeks trouble abroad, often through military adventurism, or the manufacturing of domestic bogey men and groups. President Donald Trump, never […]
S and Trump debt solutions
IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb 23, 2024Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932U.S. and Trump debt solutionsBy 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 upon closer analysis the solution to […]
Jerome
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 117 April 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Dear Jerome By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — On February 11 our column’s headline read “The Inflation Fallacy.” Today, we update with a plea to Jerome Powell the Fed chairman who […]
to try men’s souls
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 Aug 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Times to try men’s soulsBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — As the American colonies were breaking with Great Britain in 1775, Thomas Paine published “The American Crisis” proclaiming, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” They were unusual times. The […]
and the right side of history
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 July 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932Cheney and the right side of historyBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The best and the worst of today’s Republican Party were on display in Tuesday’s 1/6 Committee hearing as Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., laid out the case for Donald […]
Cassidy and Rupert
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 July 2022WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Walter, Cassidy, and RupertBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — When CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite turned against the war in Vietnam following the enemy’s Tet Offensive in early 1968, the war was over. Cronkite was the most respected name in […]