Posts by Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter
What Shall We Call the Next Bit? Transcripters?
The birthers are dead (kinda), so long live the transcripters!
Obama: Moderate 90s Republican?
Obama’s main politics are hardly as leftist as many make them out to be. Indeed, much of them could have fit well in the the GOP of 1990s and early 2000s.
Campaigning Like it’s 2008
Trump continues his antics: pulling out 2008 campaign memes and doing his best to paint Obama as a mysterious “other.”
The Perils of Unsecured WiFi and Overzealous Law Enforcement
Yes, please secure your home networks. But also: perhaps the police need to reevaluate their tactics.
More Poll Numbers (None of Them Especially Happy)
The new CBS/NYT poll is out and the numbers are not exactly happy, no matter whom you support.
A Magic Formula for Gas Prices?
Is there a magic formula to fix soaring gas prices? A Washington Examiner editorial claims to have found it.
More Cautionary Poll Tales
It is waaay too early to be putting much stock in polling for 2012 (either in terms of X v. Obama or GOP v. GOP).
The Radicalness of Alleged Conservatives
In all honesty, much of what is coming out of the mouths of self-described conservatives is actually pretty darn radical.
This Budget Cutting Thing is Hard
To borrow a phrase: budgeting is the science of muddling through (with an emphasis on the “muddling” far more than the “science.”
Are we Living in the Nightmare that Rand Predicted?
Is our current economic situation the result of massive government intervention? The Randians certainly think so.
