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 […]
vs label
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 […]
A Palace Revolt
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 […]
How the midterms could neuter the Court
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 […]
August in June
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 […]
He Who Would Be King
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 […]
A solution to America s Third World crime rate
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 […]
Four senators in the breach
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 […]
Zelenskyy Options
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 16 August 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The Zelenskyy optionsBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – In the wake of President Donald Trump’s brief meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is returning to the United States on Monday in the company of […]
The militarization of America
IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 August 2025WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUNDToday’s Events in Historical PerspectiveAmerica’s Longest-Running Column Founded 1932The militarization of AmericaBy Douglas Cohn and Eleanor Clift WASHINGTON – We write as Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and President Trump are meeting in Alaska in an effort to end the war in Ukraine. Against that backdrop and the bonhomie […]