IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 May 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 All bets are on Xi By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON –After intensive bombing, 70 percent of Iran’s missile launchers are still intact, and their nuclear material is safely secured under the rubble. […]
The Senate is now in play
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 May 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 The Senate is now in play By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Polls show the electorate moving away from President Trump and voters are not all that keen on Democrats. Rising gas […]
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 April 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 The real enemy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – There has indeed been a regime change in Iran, and not for the better. The Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has followed the […]
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 April 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective CORRECTED VERSIONAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 The real enemy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – There has indeed been a regime change in Iran, and not for the better. The Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has followed […]
The Real Enemy
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 April 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 The real enemy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – There has indeed been a regime change in Iran, and not for the better. The Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has followed the […]
85 seconds to doomsday
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 April 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 85 seconds to doomsday By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – No other American president has ever spoken this way, vowing to “end civilization” if they did not get their way. Not Harry […]
The Bully Puppet
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 April 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 The bully puppet By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The 47th president has given new meaning to the bully pulpit. He is a bully. It’s his shtick because he knows he cannot […]
Boots on the Island
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20 March 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 Boots on the island By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Odds are that President Donald Trump is going to order an assault on Kharg Island through which 90 percent of Iranian oil […]
Trump’s War
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 March 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 Trump’s War By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – At the onset of World War I, British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey sadly proclaimed, “The lamps are going out all over Europe,” a […]
The Hope Doctrine
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 March 2026 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932 The Hope Doctrine By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Three days into the war with Iran, it has become clear that the objective – that first and foremost of the Principles of […]