Monday Tab Clearing
Steven L. Taylor
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Monday, May 11, 2026
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- By the way, this is an excellent illustration of Christian Nationalism:
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former 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).
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Well, how many tacky, overpriced Chinese bibles has the Pope sold?
From the Techdirt>Palantir link,
The writer goes on to argue that really an open society is necessary for innovation. Indeed. For which see the society that birthed Palantir.
But this raises a question I often ask. Why do supporters of authoritarianism always assume the dictator will rule as they wish? Isn’t it more logical to assume the regime will become a closed cabal ruling for its own benefit? Putin has displaced his original oligarch backers in favor of new oligarchs dependent on him. A President for Life Kushner isn’t going to want Alex Karp and Palantir existing as independent sources of influence. Just as Trump can’t stand universities.
@gVOR10: Pet peeve. I proof read the above and found “Alex Katy and Palantir expiating”. If I could type I’d be dangerous. I probably typed “Katp”, as confirmed by spellcheck wanting to correct it here as well. OK, no worse than my typo. But I probably typed something like “existnig”, which you, dear reader, probably would have read properly without even noticing. But spellcheck made it meaningless. I find myself having to proofread more carefully with spellcheck than without. Especially when, as here, I did a deliberate typo like “Katp” and found spellcheck had corrected it again while wan’t watching.
Re why stocks keep going up. The Dow Jones is up 44% overthe last five years. S&P is up 77% over five years. Bitcoin is up 74% over the past five years. Since Bitcoin produces nothing, shouldn’t we be asking why real companies making real things are not doing a lot better than some smoke and mirrors outfit?