John Stoehr

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

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.

The Republican’s danse macabre

October 20, 2022 /

Yes, even if they suffer, too. It’s frivolous and terrifying.

In ‘correcting’ GOP metaphors, liberals reveal their denial

October 19, 2022 /

Democrats and liberals just have to keep on keeping on even when, or especially when, keeping on keeping on is exhausting.

There’s no reason to freak out

October 18, 2022 /

Monday’s polling just tells us there’s work to do.

Drop the idea that ‘no one is above the law’

October 17, 2022 /

It does more harm than good.

‘Anti-woke’ critics are not defending free speech. They’re defending the status quo from ordinary, democratic politics

October 12, 2022 /

The true choice has always been the politics of reform or the politics of the status quo. Both, however, are products of democracy.

Democracy isn’t the only thing on the ballot. So are criminals

October 11, 2022 /

Replacing a democratic rule of law with a fascist one.

For white evangelical Protestants, power is religion

October 10, 2022 /

Herschel Walker’s hypocrisy won’t deter their vote.

The ‘crisis of masculinity’ is the absence of a rich inner life

October 7, 2022 /

Most think the solution is ramping up “manliness.” It’s not.