John Stoehr

John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. He writes the daily edition. Find him @johnastoehr.

Forum: For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law

June 24, 2020 /

Michael Flynn appears to be off the hook finally. An appeals court forced a trial judge to dismiss the government’s case against him after the government changed its mind. What we are seeing, I think, is a harbinger of things to come. What we are seeing is a demonstration of that old saying familiar to…

Under Majority’s Gaze, Trump Withers

June 24, 2020 /

A pandemic and recession have made most people pay attention.

Ignore ‘Slippery Slope’ Propaganda

June 23, 2020 /

In statues debate, most people have faith in finding a line.

Confirmed: Stone Was the Link Between Trump and Russia. That Might Be News to You

June 22, 2020 /

I didn’t know until Friday that collusion was a sure thing.

Trump Inches Toward Political Violence

June 19, 2020 /

Another reason to reassess the meaning of “conservatism.”

Why Don’t We Call It Treason?

June 18, 2020 /

John Bolton confirms what Senate Republicans already knew.

Bolton confirms Trump’s treason

June 17, 2020 /

The Times got a copy of John Bolton’s book and hoo-boy: Mr. Bolton’s volume is the first tell-all memoir by such a high-ranking official who participated in major foreign policy events and has a lifetime of conservative credentials. It is a withering portrait of a president ignorant of even basic facts about the world, susceptible…

In Dealing with the Pandemic, the GOP Is Taking a Page from Big Tobacco’s Playbook

June 17, 2020 /

In the age of coronavirus, Republican politics can kill you.

Neil Gorsuch Shows How Donald Trump Loses (Some) White Evangelical Christians

June 16, 2020 /

The court’s pro-LGBTQ ruling was not supposed to happen.

Trump’s double trouble

June 15, 2020 /

The Supreme Court’s ruling this morning complements today’s edition. I argued that the president telling the truth about the Bible he was holding for last week’s photo op was a mistake. In telling the truth, he was winking at the press, letting reporters in on the joke he’s been having at the expense of white…