IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 27, 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 “It’s the economy stupid” By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — When asking voters what they think of the U.S. economy, the response is generally negative even if they think their own […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 19, 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 Patriotism or power By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Patriotism is not an ordinary word. It is a cornerstone word, an assumption word. All politicians are assumed to be patriotic citizens […]

IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan 12, 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective                                                                      America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932 No longer inevitable By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift                      WASHINGTON — Suddenly we have a race in New Hampshire. Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley had already closed the gap with Donald Trump […]

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 […]