John Stoehr

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

Leaked resignation letter squeezes Manhattan DA, who suspended Trump case, between a rock and a very hard place

March 24, 2022 /

Will public pressure force Alvin Bragg to reconsider?

The ban on Russian oil and gas led to a ‘truly pivotal moment in politics.’ Is energy independence coming to America?

March 23, 2022 /

Putin’s “irreversible mistake” remakes the world order.

Supporting the Editorial Board is supporting our 10 year old, too

March 22, 2022 /

This really is personal.

Just ignore SCOTUS? The notion is not as radical as it sounds

March 22, 2022 /

Even after Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed, we’re still going to have the same rogue court. We’re running out of time and options.

Accountability to others is the price of freedom for ourselves. But too many Americans want democracy on the cheap

March 21, 2022 /

Henry David Thoreau, Jane Addams, Martin Luther King Jr and Audre Lorde knew that shared problems demand shared responsibility.

Ginni Thomas is above the law

March 18, 2022 /

When elites are untouchable, democracy isn’t all that.  

Censored Chinese scholar: ‘new Iron Curtain’ will mark ‘life-and-death battle between those for and against western democracy.’ 

March 17, 2022 /

Will China turn its back on Russia?

Charles Koch and what history tells us about the line between profit-earning in peacetime and profiteering in wartime

March 16, 2022 /

Koch Industries is staying in Russia.

Think of Trump as one of Putin’s ‘oligarchs.’ It just makes sense

March 15, 2022 /

Practical gangsterism is the key to understanding.

‘Totalitarian propaganda’ imprisons Trump’s supporters. They need a way back into the ‘ordinary experience’ of life

March 14, 2022 /

Recreating a community in which to be fully human.