John Stoehr

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

If you think Trump is going to lose, how does that compare to your expectations of 2016?

April 17, 2024 /

I asked readers to compare their feelings. Here are the results.

Beneath all the fear and paranoia is ‘the Eucharist defiled’

April 16, 2024 / Comments Off on Beneath all the fear and paranoia is ‘the Eucharist defiled’

The author of “The Politics of Fear” talks about America’s oldest hatred.

On the road

April 16, 2024 / Comments Off on On the road

A little rest while I can.

The case for centering Biden’s stutter and more from the week

April 13, 2024 / Comments Off on The case for centering Biden’s stutter and more from the week

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Sadly, for Trump, Arizona’s abortion ban is bullshit-resistant

April 12, 2024 /

It’s a real policy problem. Naturally, he has no idea what to do.

Let’s center Biden’s stutter

April 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Let’s center Biden’s stutter

We should recognize the product of a lifetime of effort borne of hardship: a brain that’s fitter than the average 81-year-old’s.

Not just a spoiler. A conspirator

April 9, 2024 / Comments Off on Not just a spoiler. A conspirator

“The Kennedy voter and the Trump voter – our mutual enemy is Biden,” said Rita Palma, Robert F Kennedy Jr’s New York campaign director.

Third parties are a scam, and more from the week

April 6, 2024 / Comments Off on Third parties are a scam, and more from the week

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No Labels is gone for now, but ‘centrism’ is never going away

April 5, 2024 / Comments Off on No Labels is gone for now, but ‘centrism’ is never going away

Its vision of “unity” has always been a product of makebelieve. 

Kennedy’s fate is tied to Trump’s

April 4, 2024 / Comments Off on Kennedy’s fate is tied to Trump’s

Voters have entered a new stage in which they are remembering what the country was like the last time a demagogue was president.