John Stoehr

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

Fighting vaccines is fighting reasonableness. The Republicans are pretending they don’t know that

April 30, 2021 /

Normal people will never embrace sadism.

Last night’s speech made clear Joe Biden is the most republican president in half a century

April 29, 2021 /

Every president since Reagan has focused on individuals. Not Biden.

See through the GOP’s lies to the conscious authoritarian intent to injure the republic

April 28, 2021 /

The point is instability, chaos and, yes, feeling crazy.

For survivors of childhood trauma, SCOTUS affirmed what they believe secretly but must fight every day

April 27, 2021 /

Brett Kavanaugh’s message? You’re right to despair.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh shows that without democracy conservatism turns into barbarism

April 26, 2021 /

Punching down never felt so good.

David Brooks is maddening but he has an important role to play in moving the needle of progress

April 23, 2021 /

No one represents better the conventional wisdom of respectable white people.

The Chauvin verdict isn’t a turning point in equal justice. But it does suggest a new political norm

April 22, 2021 /

Compromising with liars is no longer respectable.

What Derek Chauvin’s conviction in the murder of George Floyd tells us about liberal patriotism

April 21, 2021 /

It’s incoherent to those confusing love of country for love of the status quo.

Odds are in favor of Chauvin’s acquittal

April 20, 2021 /

White people usually don’t see that killing people is key to policing.

The ‘migration crisis’ is a complete fiction

April 19, 2021 /

The Republicans are making legal action seem illegal.