Jamie Stiehm
The National Memo
Washington, United States
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Murder In The Rose Garden (Melania Did It)
The laziest first lady in American history paved over parts of the White House Rose Garden for her husband's four addresses to the Republican National Convention. → Read More
The Capitol’s Confederate Past Is Still Present
WASHINGTON — Eleven Confederate statues still stand tall in the Capitol. Let the ghost of the "Lost Cause" be gone for good as the nation undergoes a wrenching racial awakening. → Read More
Election Day: Our Own Gettysburg Looms Before Us
Now Trump is like Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, without the Southern charm. → Read More
Trump Can't Charm, Not Even For One Spring Night
Not this April. Donald Trump's a no-show at the ritual for the second straight time. The president is boycotting the best chance to make peace with the press and let his hair down. (Kidding!) → Read More
The Big Chinks In Comey's Righteous Armor
The former FBI director, fired by President Trump last May, is avenging his abrupt exit from the job J. Edgar Hoover held for half a century. Comey just launched a war of words with Trump. Reckless or high-minded? You tell me. → Read More
Trump and American History: The Wrong North Star
"I mean, had Andrew Jackson been a little later, you wouldn't have had the Civil War." — President Donald J. Trump → Read More
Kennedy Leaves Trump And O'Reilly In The Stardust
Enormously popular with Trump voters, the cable show host was just fired by Fox News for mounting millions of dollars in lawsuits by several women. → Read More
The Senate Changes Its Ways For Gorsuch
Smooth-talking Neil Gorsuch, the Colorado judge nominee named by President Trump, is already a change agent in the capital. → Read More
How Neil Gorsuch Snowed One Side Of The Senate Aisle
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) noted millions of "dark" dollars had backed Gorsuch. "They obviously think you will be worth their money," he said bluntly. → Read More
Don't Paint President Bush in Rose Colors
One reason Trump became a leading presidential candidate is because he was the only outspoken critic of Bush's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. → Read More
Frederick Douglass: Bookends Of A Great American Life
Frederick Douglass, striking in appearance and speech, became the first public speaker to tell the story of American slavery from personal experience. → Read More
Hold The Presses: Trump's Feeble Attempt To Act Presidential
For the first time in a long life, Trump tried to act presidential. Fake gravitas does not become him, but his slick performance fooled half the people. → Read More
How Healthy Are We The People?
Bad news: The body politic's muscles got flabby in the last 16-17 years. Blood pressure up, and too many Cheetos, not enough kale. → Read More
Imagine If Obama Offered Trump Advice From His Island Paradise
May I suggest you resign over an imaginary illness. After a short recovery at Mar-a-Lago, you could replace Arnold on the "The Celebrity Apprentice." → Read More
Vive La Resistance: The Sisterhood Stands Against President Trump
Sisters are stepping up to save the day. That's what Trump hates most: when women judge, challenge, or dare to defy him — or get three million more votes on Election Day. → Read More
The Senate Must Light The Way
Under the Dome, Congress is scurrying to find its place in the presidential matrix. → Read More
Trumped Up: The First Excruciating Seven Days In Trumplandia
Authoritarians love walls. It will make an enemy of our neighbor, Mexico, but who cares? That may be Trump's foreign policy in a nutshell → Read More
'Unpresidented': A Sign Of The Times In The World Of Trump
As Donald Trump's inauguration approaches, it feels "unpresidented." Never has the transfer of power been so traumatic for anyone paying attention. → Read More
Obama Made America Cool Again: Lifted More Minds Than Hearts
Obama's persuasion aims to connect with minds — sweet reason — more than hearts, and will we ever miss him when he's gone. → Read More
Trump Is Like King Henry VIII Revived
Trump is reminiscent of one English Tudor king, known for his reddish hair, huge body heft, six wives of various nationalities and, um, forceful personality → Read More