John Stoehr

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

An apology

July 15, 2020 /

I used the word “goombah” to describe Roger Stone in Monday’s and Tuesday’s editions of the Editorial Board. I should not have done that. That’s an offensive word. I believe I have hurt some readers. I apologize without qualification for using that word. I have struck the word out of those pieces. And I pledge…

The intellectual fraud of Bari Weiss

July 15, 2020 /

She’s part of a larger project to warp American politics.

A President Biden can start restoring America by investigating the current president’s crimes

July 14, 2020 /

Why he should appoint a new special counsel.

By commuting Stone’s sentence, Trump continues a conspiracy that never ended

July 13, 2020 /

The president is covering up the cover up of a crime.

Grover Norquist takes a handout

July 10, 2020 /

This should be the end of anti-government politics.

Vindman got canceled and no one noticed

July 9, 2020 / Comments Off on Vindman got canceled and no one noticed

Where are the champions of free speech?

Autocracy’s hidden enablers

July 8, 2020 /

They think they’re standing against it, but they’re helping it.

The GOP’s baked-in ‘race problem’

July 7, 2020 /

The party of the very, very rich can’t win without stoking hatreds.

How critics of ‘cancel culture’ are koshering Trump

July 6, 2020 /

Subtle ways of making it OK to vote for a white supremacist.

Why Tom Cotton hates a moral press

July 3, 2020 / Comments Off on Why Tom Cotton hates a moral press

Plenty of outrage from the Arkansas senator, but no sympathy.