John Stoehr

John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. Find him @editorialboard.bsky.social .

The blindness of American exceptionalism

September 15, 2020 /

Our system maintains conditions for authoritarianism’s rise.

Bob Woodward does the unthinkable

September 14, 2020 /

The most conventional journalist comes to a moral conclusion.

Yes, Democrats are ‘nervous.’ Good

September 11, 2020 /

Defeat would mean the advance of the GOP’s politics of annihilation.

It’s now clear Trump’s intent was criminal

September 10, 2020 /

Where can normal Americans turn for justice?

QAnon ‘believers’ don’t care if it’s true

September 9, 2020 /

It’s not a “collective delusion.” It’s an excuse for violent politics.

White liberals must face the truth

September 8, 2020 /

The GOP isn’t a deranged cult. It’s party of dangerous politics.

Two simple reasons why Trump’s approval rating never changes

September 7, 2020 /

The voters who constitute his floor and his ceiling.

Beneath ‘losers’ and ‘suckers’ is the truth

September 4, 2020 /

Trying to understand Trump risks giving him too much credit.

The blood on reporters’ hands

September 3, 2020 /

The press corps must recognize, and accept, its moral obligation.

Pundits enable Trump’s political fictions

September 2, 2020 /

Half of them still think it’s 1968.