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

Progress towards Peace in Colombia

The FARC have disarmed. Now to the hard part.

It’s Part of the Job…

Being a public servant, especially serving as President or in the White House in general, means you are going to be criticized, lampooned, ridiculed, and even “attacked.”

The 140 Character POTUS

Twitter is, in some way, the most vacuous and simplistic of all social media, and it also appears to be the President’s main intellectual outlet.

Line of the Day (Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 Edition)

No wonder they wrote it in secret and want to move quickly to a vote…

Democrats Take Stock

Some thoughts on the current state of the Democrats.

So, no More Golf for POTUS?

Forget the imperial presidency. Welcome to the indolent presidency.

The Politics of Presidential Removal

Some thoughts on presidential interruptions.

Underfunded Higher Ed

Musings on the costs of college.

The Personnel Math that Gets us to Mueller

If you have to have an acting attorney general as it relates to one of the biggest issues of the moment, you may have picked the wrong AG.

Trump’s Tweets on Russian Revelations Appear to Confirm Story

Tweets this morning from POTUS seem to confirm the WaPo story about sharing info.

Today in Juxtapositions (Falwell v. Jesus Edition)

Extolling an “eye for an eye” kind of justice is not in keeping with the ethics of Jesus.

Trump’s Law Firm and Russia

Everywhere one turns, it seems, there’s Russia.