Jamie Stiehm is a Washington journalist and public speaker who writes a syndicated column on national politics and history for Creators Syndicate, an independent media and syndication company. Some of her latest work for their readership can be seen here:

The Three Women of San Francisco
Jan 18, 2023

WASHINGTON — So, what city gave America the only woman House speaker, the most senior senator and the first woman vice president? San Francisco, of course, that fair city. Read More

Full House Theater: An American Tragedy
Jan 11, 2023

WASHINGTON — A full House for four days and four nights felt like 40 in the political wilderness. Pumping his fist like a frat bro, California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy eked out a victory for House speaker. Read More

New Year's Light on Lies Clears the Air
Jan 04, 2023

WASHINGTON — They thought they'd fool the grown-ups and get away with it all. George Santos and Sam Bankman-Fried are arrivistes in their 30s. A coincidence? I think not. Read More

The Kindness of Women Who Made You Feel at Home
May 4, 2022

My mother calls me every morning from Santa Monica, sounding like a lark, ever since the pandemic. A professor into her 80s, she has a subversive streak and went places all over the world, once to a civil war with a United Nations peacekeeping team. She sees her three daughters as a bit "unadventurous." Read More

Racing Away From Our Past With Judge Jackson
April 6, 2022

The vortex of our vexed record on race came out with the cherry blossoms. These three things: the Senate vote on a historic Supreme Court nominee; an anti-lynching law passed at last; and marking the cruel April day Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Three Stages of Violence: Hollywood, Washington, Ukraine
March 30, 2022

Violence is breaking out all over, in places we thought we'd never see it: on the Academy Awards stage, in the Capitol and a war in Europe. Are these ugly events somehow connected? Let's take the Academy scene first.... Read More

Pelosi Makes Most of History Every Day 
Mar 23, 2022

WASHINGTON — What do you know for women's history month? March is going fast. Quick, when did women win the vote? "A Week in the Life of Speaker Pelosi" is my picture for the gallery.  Read More

Biden's Perfect Pick is in the House
Feb 16, 2022

WASHINGTON — The first Black woman on the Supreme Court is justice delayed, and President Joe Biden — and the nominee — has the historical burden of presenting the perfect pick to the nation. I think I know who that woman would be.... Read More

Old Newsrooms Under Deadline: A Story Told by Carl Bernstein 
Feb 09, 2022

WASHINGTON — I just read Carl Bernstein's new memoir, "Chasing History," on being a "kid" in the newsroom, when young President John F. Kennedy was alive. It almost broke my heart. Read More

Katie Couric: Now I Needed To Be the Girlfriend Next Door
Nov 17, 2021

Katie Couric's new bestselling memoir, "Going There," proves critics right. Shedding her skin as a sweet, smiling — if shallow — public figure, now she's the second coming of Katie Scarlett O'Hara, with threads, leather and beaux to boot. Read More

Two Californias Clash in a Divided House: Pelosi Versus McCarthy
(for Mark Shields)
Aug 7, 2021

It's a first in American history: The speaker of the House and the minority leader hail from the same state. But they barely speak.
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