Edwin M. Yoder Jr. (born 1934) is an American journalist, syndicated columnist, and author. He is best known for his work as an editorial writer and columnist, for which he received the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary.
Yoder began his journalism career at the Greensboro Daily News in North Carolina, where he served as editorial page editor. In 1975, he joined The Washington Star as associate editor and columnist. Following the closure of the Star in 1981, he became a columnist for The Washington Post Writers Group, with his column syndicated nationally. He later served as a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and as a professor of journalism and humanities at Washington and Lee University.
Yoder has authored several books on history, politics, and the press, including The Night of the Old South Ball (1976), Joe Alsop’s Cold War (1995), and Vacancy: A Judicial Misadventure (2004). His writing often focuses on American political history, the Constitution, and the role of the judiciary. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.
