John Stoehr

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

Ersatz phallus swinging in Michigan

April 30, 2020 /

This is happening in Michigan right now. It was just Tuesday when I wrote these words. Remember those men at “anti-quarantine protests” strolling around state capitols carrying semi-automatic rifles? They said they were protesting stay-at-home orders. They said their goal was demonstrating their rights to bear arms, individual liberty and personal sovereignty. But that wasn’t…

Without a Vaccine, There’s No Normal

April 30, 2020 /

Does Trump know life wasn’t designed for “social distancing”?

Mike Pence Isn’t a ‘Muscular Christian’

April 29, 2020 /

Let’s not give that way of thinking more credit than it deserves.

Trump’s ‘Ersatz Phallic Exercise’

April 28, 2020 /

Economic collapse won’t keep him from delivering to his base.

Biden Doesn’t Need a Message to Win

April 27, 2020 /

Compared to Trump’s occultism, he just needs to make sense.

‘Light and Heat,’ the Politics of the Occult

April 24, 2020 /

It doesn’t make any sense, because it’s not supposed to.

Mitch McConnell’s Multiverse of Betrayal

April 23, 2020 /

America owes blue states for fighting COVID-19. He’d repay them with bankruptcy.

Mitch McConnell’s animus

April 22, 2020 /

The Senate majority leader appeared on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show today to state that his Senate conference would not debate what he called a “blue-state bailout.” Here’s the context: Basically, Mitch McConnell knows the pandemic has the potential to weaken his enemies in cities and blue states to the point of insolvency, resulting in mass…

The Common Good vs. Freedom-Hoarders

April 22, 2020 /

A majority has already made their choice. The right one.

Trump Is Stealing Your Freedom

April 21, 2020 /

Conservatives used to oppose totalitarianism. Not anymore.