WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The GOP’s shrinking tent By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Both parties claim to be big tents, but the Republican Party appears to be too small for some ideologies and too big for others. Mainstream members worry that their party is […]
Madison and the Vietnam rapprochement
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Madison and the Vietnam rapprochement By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The meeting at the White House last week between Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang and President Obama received scant attention from a national media that has left Vietnam in the […]
The party of Hoover isn’t listening
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The party of Hoover isn’t listening By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – President Obama is getting hammered by the chattering class for staging a series of speeches without offering any new policies. The criticism is justified, but then what new policies […]
Saving the monarchy
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Saving the monarchy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Thirty-one years ago, Princess Diana thrilled the British public and the world with the first glimpse of her firstborn son, William. Diana was 20 years old, and the years that followed were […]
Combining Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Combining Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – With 576,412 residents, Wyoming is the least populated state in the union, but among those who call the mountainous state home are some towering figures, including former Senator Alan Simpson […]
Majority Leader McCain?
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Majority Leader McCain? By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – One thing that’s been consistent over Sen. John McCain’s, R-Ariz., long political career, he likes to be where the action is. Whether it’s campaign finance reform, an early cause of his, or […]
The fog of bureaucracy
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The fog of bureaucracy By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – Do bureaucrats really run the country? If the following example is replicated throughout the government, the answer is, “Yes.” Not since the days of the $434 hammer and the $600 toilet […]
Egypt may have it right
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Egypt may have it right By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The administration is getting pushback for its refusal to call what happened in Egypt a coup. It’s a word that carries a lot of baggage, and if used to describe […]
The myths of Gettysburg
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 The myths of Gettysburg By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – The Battle of Gettysburg fought 150 years ago on July 1-3, 1863, instantly engendered a series of myths and legends, many of which have lived on to the present. Among these […]
Egypt’s tyranny of the majority
WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND Founded by Drew Pearson 1932 Egypt’s tyranny of the majority By Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – In 1787, future President James Madison warned about the tyranny of the majority, and, in the process, laid the foundation for American democracy by providing constitutional safeguards that protected minority […]