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A Funeral For A Handshake?

By Jamie Stiehm

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A moment in former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral at the National Cathedral brought me to tears. Not for the departed and grim old warrior but for the tableau in the front row. A hint: something as simple as a handshake between two men who would – or should – be president. Former President Joseph Biden and former first lady Jill Biden took their places: not too thrilled to see them. Former Vice President Kamala […]

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Jamie Stiehm
Jamie Stiehm
Jamie Stiehm is a Washington journalist and public speaker who writes a syndicated column on national politics and history for Creators Syndicate. Her commentaries and op-eds have appeared in leading newspapers across the nation, such as American Heritage, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and San Francisco Chronicle. She wrote several essays for The New York Times’ “Disunion” series on the Civil War, one of which, The War Comes Home for Lee, was chosen for their hardbound collection, Disunion, published by Oxford University Press [2016].

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