February 8, 2025

The Fed Senate and Business send a message

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 December 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               The Fed, Senate, and Business send a message By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON –The Dow tumbled eleven hundred points on one single day the week before Christmas when Chairman Jerome Powell […]

Promises Unbound

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 December 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               Promises Unbound By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – Donald Trump won a second turn at the presidency on the strength of promises made, some old, some new, some improbable, and many […]

A Primer for Failure

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8 December 2024 WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Today’s Events in Historical Perspective America’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932               A primer for failure By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift            WASHINGTON – “Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always […]