‘Kings Not On Their Toes Can Be Deposed’

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The “No Kings” protest across the nation added up to nearly 7 million people protesting President Donald Trump’s reign. Dissent is upon us, catching and spreading. Shakespeare’s King Lear, King Charles I of England and King Louis XVI of France met fates that upended their eras. Two kings literally lost their heads. Here’s the deal, straight up: Rulers can’t run roughshod over the ruled, with no restraints. The grand palace at Versailles did not need […]

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].