John Stoehr

John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. Find him @editorialboard.bsky.social .
The sooner the Dems settle on a nominee, the better.
An old friend came to visit and stayed overnight. His name is Depression. I hadn’t seen him in a while. It was good to catch up. But I’m looking forward to his leaving. It’s hard to write with Depression around. It’s hard to even think. But I managed to type a few meaningful words. At…
His South Carolina victory was predictable.
The coronavirus is making Trump look bad.
Why I’m Bernie-skeptical, not anti-Bernie.
I said yesterday no one knows whether Bernie Sanders can win. But there are things we do know, like the resilience of racism. Most white Americans have no idea how foundational it has been in shaping their lives. Therefore, many white liberals probably won’t think twice before voting for a fascist over a socialist bent…
Some white voters will pick a real fascist over fake socialist.
I’d rather not defend Bernie Sanders so I’m not going to until I need to, which won’t come until after the primary in South Carolina and the following Super Tuesday. Meanwhile, I think it’s important to say we do not know what cannot know until the moment arrives in which knowing is possible. In other…
His critics say they know. They don’t.
I’m taking a day off, but I hope you’ll take a moment to read the Rev. Daniel Schultz’s piece, originally published in Religion Dispatches. It’s on faith and how Dems talk about faith, and how faith and how Dems talk about faith are often very different things. If that sounds familiar, that might be because…