John Stoehr

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

Trump isn’t ‘the sword of Gryffindor’

November 9, 2023 /

Democrats have had that idea drummed into them over the last eight years, says Matt Robison, host of the Beyond Politics podcast. 

In a democracy, ‘lying isn’t supposed to be baked in’

November 6, 2023 /

Don’t wait for the Washington press corps to reform itself.

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November 5, 2023 /

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‘The right to defend and the act of revenge are different things. Civilization depends on the first. It’s threatened by the second’

November 3, 2023 /

An interview with the author of The New Hate and The Politics of Fear.

The real reason Donald Trump has a chance again? Most white people want him back

November 1, 2023 /

“There’s no getting around that fact,” says Issac J. Bailey.

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.