October 5, 2025

Dark Wolf’s need

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 27, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 A Dark Wolf’s need By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Everyone wants to be liked; some people need to be liked. It is a psychological need. They have no enemies because […]

not retaliation

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 19, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Elimination, not retaliation By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, and Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas all face the prospect of forced regime […]

and morality

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 12, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Barbarity and morality By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — He is a man of many lives, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot retain power after his government was surprised by […]

the minority of the majority rules

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 5, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 When the minority of the majority rules By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — No one person should have the constitutional right to shut down the government or the right to singlehandedly […]

is running for VP

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sep 29, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 She is running for VP By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — The second Republican debate, held at the Reagan Library, featured seven candidates chasing an absentee frontrunner. All the chatter ahead […]

vs the ghost of Madison

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sep 21, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Extremists vs. the ghost of Madison By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — A handful of hard-Right Republicans think it is a fine idea to shut down the government if they do […]

Democratic bench

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sep 19, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 The Democratic bench By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — With questions swirling around about geriatric politicians from Pres. Joe Biden to former Pres. Donald Trump to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, […]

Trump wins

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sep 8, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 If Trump wins By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — What if Donald Trump wins the election in 2024? For at least half the country, that is a nightmare scenario that means […]

who made him could destroy him

IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 He who made him could destroy him By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON —The man most responsible for propelling Donald Trump into the White House is beginning to look like the man […]

rising

IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2023 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Christie rising By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON —Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was supposed to be the anti-Trump, the candidate to overtake the former president, but through a series of missteps and […]