John Stoehr

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

A Biden goal is restraining Israel ‘through the bear hug’

October 31, 2023 /

Hussein Ibish explains the president and the Israel-Hamas war.

Are Americans really that negative about the economy?

October 30, 2023 /

GDP grew by nearly 5 percent last quarter. And people are feeling it, according to a senior economic analyst for Mauldin Economics.

How pernicious misinformation is shaping the Israel-Hamas war

October 27, 2023 /

That “hospital explosion” wasn’t really a hospital explosion.

With Mike Johnson’s victory, ‘deinstitutionalization’ is winning

October 26, 2023 /

GOP insurgents have been attacking democratic institutions for years in a bid to overtake them. One of them is now speaker of the House.

‘It was not worth rolling the dice’

October 25, 2023 /

Mike Johnson is set to be the next speaker. Was the Democrats’ gamble worth it? The politics editor of the Washington Monthly says no.

The next speaker ‘will face an ungovernable party and House’

October 23, 2023 /

First, Boehner, then Ryan, then McCarthy. “Rest assured,” says Norman Ornstein, an authority on the US Congress, “it will happen again!”

Biden deescalated violence by deescalating violent rhetoric

October 20, 2023 /

A “democratic and decent response” to war in Ukraine and Israel.

Speaker McHenry, sorta, maybe?

October 19, 2023 /

It’s the best guess, according to one authority on the US Congress.

Fear of a dictator may yield unity

October 17, 2023 /

An interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Will Bunch.

For a Speaker Jordan, the point would be sabotaging democracy

October 16, 2023 /

The man’s accomplished nothing but disorder.