IMMEDIATE RELEASE 31 August 2026WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932America’s largest political party and what it wantsBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                                        WASHINGTON – America’s largest political party is not an organized party at all, although 45 percent of the nation’s eligible voters define themselves by its capitalized name: Independents. The Democratic Party […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 August 2026WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932Defying the law of supply and demandBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                                        WASHINGTON – A duh factor is emerging, a factor so blatantly obvious that its consequences should be clear. But they are not at least to the president and the president’s acolytes who […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 August 2026WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932Trump’s tipping pointBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                                                 WASHINGTON – With the midterms fast approaching, this is Trump's tipping point, and the metaphors are multiplying. Will voters buy his sunny scenario, or is the jig up? Faced with a failing war […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9 August 2026WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932Label vs. labelBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                                                 WASHINGTON – Is it really going to be Democratic Socialists vs. MAGA Republicans in America’s mini version replay of the Spanish Civil War when socialists fought fascists? Or will the center hold […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 August 2026WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932A palace revoltBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                                                 WASHINGTON – After a halcyon eighteen months where he had an iron grip on power, President Donald Trump is facing pushback from the military, the Supreme Court, and Congress. It is a […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6 July 2026WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932How the midterms could neuter the CourtBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                                                 WASHINGTON – A bizarre element to the midterm election is raising the possibility that one of several possibilities will result in gridlock at the Supreme Court.Rumors about Supreme […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 June 2026WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift         August in JuneWASHINGTON – It is August in June. The future is now because the future has already been set. It will play out in August, beginning with a Memorandum of Understanding that recognizes […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 November 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932He who would be kingBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift          WASHINGTON – He who would be king will be well on his way if things go his way with the Supreme Court in the coming days. The nine-member institution has […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12 September 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column, Founded 1932A solution to America’s Third World crime rateBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift          WASHINGTON – The Charlie Kirk assassination once again exposes the violent nature of our nation. High crime rates, school shootings, and political assassinations set America apart from […]

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 […]