John Stoehr

John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. Find him @editorialboard.bsky.social .
I’m told my writing can be bleak. I suppose that’s true. That’s not my intent, though. My intent is to talk about politics and the political past plainly so we can take future action. Most often, we the people misunderstand our politics, and take the wrong action. American history shows us taking one step forward,…
Though loud, these leftists are wrong.
It’s the result of a market ideology in deep decay.
I don’t write about my daughter because that’s best tack to take for a public forum like the Editorial Board. I do want to share something she did recently, though. ERS is 8. She’s sensitive and caring and precocious. After I asked her to draw a picture of how she feels about the president, she…
Some Republicans will die to make a point.
They won’t do that. Not even during a plague.
A special message from the Stoehr family dog, Hades.
The AP ran a story in late February in which it was clear the president was reluctant to act in response to the new coronavirus outbreak because he did not want to upset Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Post ran a story last night in which it was clear the US intelligence community warned Donald…
It can be found in Trump’s “story of life.”
Here’s what it means.