John Stoehr
John Stoehr is the editor of the Editorial Board. He writes the daily edition. Find him @johnastoehr.
The longer this goes on, the better the Democrats look.
This week at the Editorial Board.
A democracy can’t afford to empower such cynicism.
The winner, a Democrat, said he cared about the problem. Voters believed him. More importantly, they didn’t believe the Republican.
They say democracy is too important to take a chance on an old man. In fact, it’s too important to take a chance on someone else.
What can you say about things that are morally distinct in a news media world in which moral distinctions don’t exist?
The special counsel’s report didn’t have enough to indict him, only smear him, and reporters are going along with it.
Trump got outplayed and doesn’t seem to know it.
He opened space to discuss the role of intimidation and threats of violence in Trump’s continued dominance of the Republican Party.
Shared interest is probably the right answer.