Posts by Steven L. Taylor

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

Congress 101

You gotta have the votes.

Chip Roy’s Call for Debate

He is proving the opposite of his argument.

More Tabs and Quick Takes

The no electoral politics, no Trump edition.

Project365: 2022

A shot a day for all of 2022.

Clearing Tabs and Making Takes

In case you need some NYD reading.

New Year’s Day Forum

Happy 2023 from OTB!

Trump’s Grifty Myopia

The griftiness of it all is not surprising, but remains astounding.

12 Days of Photos: Day 12

“Sky and Tree”

New Year’s Eve Forum

Last call for 2022.

George Santos’ Questionable Campaign Accounting

Could it be that he was untruthful?

A Photo for Friday

Your regularly scheduled Photo for Friday: “Outlined Heron”

12 Days of Photos: Day 11

A photo from November:
“The Washington Monument”

Some Tabs and Quick Takes

Some tab plus some tabs equals some tabs.

Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

12 Days of Photos: Day 10

“Two Turtles”

Thursday’s Forum

Trump’s 187 Minutes

As I have noted before: he betrayed his oath.

Wednesday’s Forum

12 Days of Photos: Day 8

“The Dragon has Landed”

Tuesday’s Forum

12 Days of Photos: Day 7

“In the Tree”

Boxing Day Forum

It’s the day for returns, right?

Merry Christmas Forum

Merry Christmas from the staff at OTB to the readers!

Higher Ed and the Pandemic

Enrollments are down.

Tabs of Christmas Eve

12 Days of Photos: Day 5

“Sunset in Black and White”

Christmas Eve Forum

George Will on UATX (Part II)

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

George Will on UATX (Part I)

Will discusses a nascent university and in doing so produced a cliched column about higher education.

A Photo for Friday

“Just, Wow”

12 Days of Photos: Day 4

Goslings!

The Festivus Forum

Time to get the pole out from the crawl space.

Poor, Poor, Pitiful Pence

The past just won’t let him be.

Thursday Morning Tabs

Enjoy.

12 Days of Photos: Day 3

“One World Trade Center”

Thursday’s Forum

Some Pretzel Logic from American Greatness

I went down the rabbit hole a tad…

Elon Musk “African American of the Year”

So proclaims American Greatness.

The Horrors of Trying to be Kind

The WSJ doesn’t like Stanford’s attempt to make its website more inclusive.

12 Days of Photos: Day 2

A photo from February: Alan Parsons Live Project.

Winter Solstice Forum