October 5, 2025

Last a Meaningful Debate

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 4, 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 At last a meaningful debate By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — It is game on for the first one-on-one Republican debate of the 2024 campaign season between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis […]

but not unqualified

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec 29, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Unfit, but not unqualified By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Four Confederate generals served as generals in the Spanish-American War: Matthew Butler (US Sen. 1877-95) and West Pointers Fitzhugh Lee (Virginia […]

can no longer want what they wanted

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec 21, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 They can longer want what they wanted By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Abortion, no longer a federal right, is increasingly becoming a state right, the unintended legacy of Senate Minority […]

enters the fray

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec 15, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Irony enters the fray By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Irony has entered the fray, and as is often the case with irony it is not only unintentional, but also not […]

Pit Bull

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec 8, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Their pit bull By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — The lawyer/president analogy is explanatory. People choose an attorney for one reason: to win. They want a pit bull in their corner. […]

Haley factor

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 30, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Haley factor By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — The political pendulum is swinging ever so slightly, but pendulums have weight, weight creates momentum, and momentum is the life blood of […]

Hams plan for survival

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 23, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Hamas plan for survival By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Now that a deal is in place for Hamas to return some of the hostages seized on October 7, it […]

Need for Nice

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 17, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The need for nice By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — We wrote that new House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has a psychological need to be liked, and so he is, and […]

rise of Beshear and fall of Youngkin

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 2, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The rise of Beshear and fall of Youngkin By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — One door closed and another opened. That’s the wonder of politics when the people speak through the […]

is not Israel

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov 2, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Netanyahu is not Israel By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not popular in Israel and the expectation there and elsewhere is that he will not […]