Jamie Stiehm

Jamie Stiehm

Jamie Stiehm

In her weekly column, "Past and Present," journalist and history buff Jamie Stiehm looks at current events through the lens of the past. 

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Back to the Roman Past and Future Oct 01, 2025

ROME, Italy — I traveled to an ancient world to see a future version of America. The "No Kings... Read More

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September: When the Good -- and Bad -- Ends and Begins Sep 24, 2025

Summer's lease hath all too short a date, said Shakespeare, and ain't that the truth. The cicadas a... Read More

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Broken Shards of September Sep 17, 2025

Sept. 11, 2001: United Flight 93 flew in a tragic turquoise sky with 40 souls aboard. The passengers... Read More

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A Heated Hearing Reveals the Real RFK Jr. Sep 10, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. does not deserve his initials, as he showed in a Senate hearing that revealed ... Read More