John Stoehr

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

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.

‘We have to bear witness’

October 13, 2023 /

“We have become all too inured in the US and, some would argue globally, to obscene levels of inhumanity,” says Victoria Brownworth.

Biden’s statesmen’s balance tested at home and abroad

October 12, 2023 /

The prospect of antisemitic violence in America as well as Israel.

Biden strikes a statesmen’s balance that everyone needs

October 11, 2023 /

The president had warnings for all sides, including Israel.

No, the Biden administration did not fund Hamas’ attack on Israel

October 9, 2023 /

Biden reaffirmed America’s “unwavering” support of Israel, but you wouldn’t know that by listening to Trump or other GOP candidates.

With Jim Jordan as the speaker, the House would be even more chaotic and disorderly

October 6, 2023 /

After Trump’s endorsement, will GOP insurgents hamstring him the way they did Kevin McCarthy? Or did they learn a lesson?