John Stoehr

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

Erasing Champions of Religious Freedom

June 5, 2020 / Comments Off on Erasing Champions of Religious Freedom

The truth is in plain sight.

Whitewashing religious Democrats

June 4, 2020 /

Here are Senate Democrats kneeling in prayer as they honored today the memory of George Floyd with nine minutes of silence. I find this picture moving as well as instructive. It’s not supposed to exist. Democrats can’t exercise faith, because Democrats don’t have any faith, according to people like Dan Patrick, the lt. governor of…

Is This Regime Change?

June 4, 2020 /

The old order has entered a period of decay and illegitimacy.

Thanks to Donald Trump, White Americans Are Starting to Understand Why Black Lives Matter

June 3, 2020 /

With black Americans, they are calling for regime change.

It’s Clear Now That for Donald Trump, Political Power Grows Out of the Barrel of a Gun

June 2, 2020 /

This is what you’d expect from a president acquitted of treason.

Are cops being sincere?

June 1, 2020 /

In the Monday edition of the Editorial Board, I noted the different ways police departments are handling public outrage, some of it violent, over the murder of George Floyd by a white cop in Minneapolis. Some are flying the Thin Blue Line flag, a symbol of American fascism, while others, including here in New Haven,…

The Thin Blue Line Is Cracking. Good

June 1, 2020 /

Cops demonstrate two ways to engage Americans struggling for freedom.

Naming America’s Political Perverts

May 29, 2020 / Comments Off on Naming America’s Political Perverts

Another aspect of barbarism in the age of Donald Trump.

Trump Is Turning America into China

May 28, 2020 / Comments Off on Trump Is Turning America into China

China’s dictator models the glories of the corporatist state.

Donald Trump and the Age of Barbarism

May 27, 2020 /

We can’t shame the GOP, but we can name their behavior.