John Stoehr

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

3 left-liberal reactions to Twitter’s new owner

November 29, 2022 /

Each tells us something about ourselves.

Why are there so many mass shootings? It’s an insurgency

November 23, 2022 /

Yet we won’t see it.

Saying that ‘trans people deserve to be alive’ is political 

November 22, 2022 /

Denying it only makes things worse.

Political violence is an expression of the status quo

November 21, 2022 /

Why does it surprise us?

By destroying Twitter, Elon Musk reveals contempt for democracy

November 18, 2022 /

It’s not enough to stop worshiping billionaires. 

The Republicans may have the House, but the Democrats have the respectable white people

November 17, 2022 /

They haven’t begun calling themselves Democrats, though.

The Democrats didn’t perform well in spite of inflation. They performed well because of it

November 16, 2022 /

Turn the conventional wisdom on its head.

The GOP will take the House. Let’s get back to work

November 15, 2022 /

Enough high-fiving and fist-bumping. 

From the midterms, the most important takeaway: the electorate has changed

November 14, 2022 /

It has shifted leftward its center of gravity.

‘Division’ and ‘polarization’ got us here. They’ll get us out

November 14, 2022 /

The press corps treats democratic politics as abnormal. That’s what happens when democratic politics threatens the status quo.