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 […]
rise and eventual fall of benevolent facism
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 April 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The rise and eventual fall of benevolent facism By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – China’s leader, Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is certain to look […]
Murdoch and American oligarchy
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 18 March 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Musk, Murdoch, and America’s oligarchy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – If you were one of the many millions who tuned into the Super Bowl, you witnessed Elon Musk and Rupert […]
rising
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 March 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Prelogar rising By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Elizabeth Prelogar is a name few knew, but many soon will. In the eternal search for rising stars, hers is shining bright. For […]
Inflation Fallacy
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11 Feb 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The inflation fallacy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Ask the person on the street; ask your broker; ask your senator; ask Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve. Ask: What […]
and regulate within the Second Amendment
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 February 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Register and regulate within the Second Amendment By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The Constitution states: “No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty […]
everyone do it
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 28 Jan 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Does everybody do it? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — The revelation that Vice President Mike Pence had classified documents in his home in Indiana rocketed through the political world on […]
antecedent in Ukraine
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 22 Jan 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 No antecedent in Ukraine By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Perhaps there is some overriding secret reason for President Biden’s reluctance to send Ukraine the military equipment it needs, but such […]
who followed Trump’s playbook
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 Dec 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 He who followed Trump’s playbook By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Where did George Santos come from? The 34-year-old won a congressional seat in New York as a Republican based on […]
Trump Replacement
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 30 Dec 2022 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Trump replacement By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON — Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has not said much about Ukraine, at least not recently. He is probably trying to figure out […]