John Stoehr

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

GOP elites are shopping around, but they’re stuck with Trump

November 10, 2022 /

Cults end when the leader dies.

The midterms signal the return of Democratic dominance

November 9, 2022 /

Like 1982, 2022 may be the hard open of a new political order.

Gird your loins, friend, for today is Election Day

November 8, 2022 /

Prepare to endure reasonsreasonsreasons.

Democracy is not on the ballot, but some democracies are

November 7, 2022 /

Let’s stop talking as if there were a singular national democracy – as if there were a singular national America – in these United States.

Affirmative action isn’t bias. It’s politics that rightwing justices don’t like and will strike down

November 3, 2022 /

That’s what we should focus on.

Biden’s first midterm in 2022 is just like Reagan’s in 1982

November 2, 2022 /

Set aside the trees to look at the forest.

Will the midterms end the age of gothic politics?

October 28, 2022 /

The possibility of nothing changing.

The polls are wrong. Put in the work. Hope we get lucky.

October 27, 2022 /

Nothing else matters.

GOP to white midterm voters: we’ll save you the effort of competing with people who are putting in twice the effort.

October 25, 2022 /

What the Times’ value-free vernacular tells us.

A radical third of the country dictates the terms of democracy

October 24, 2022 /

It is entitled to use political violence.