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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Like a Leonard Cohen song…
@Sleeping Dog: I do like that!
I love this. The bird could represent so many things. It could be a sentinel, or it could symbolize isolation or loneliness. Perhaps defiance.
“Like a bird on a wire. Like a drunk in a midnight choir. I have tried in my way to be free.”