Posts by Steven L. Taylor

Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor 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). Follow Steven on Twitter and/or BlueSky.

AI Side Trip

When AI search provides some morning levity.

On Propaganda and Childish Politics

Team Trump and the DIA assessment of the Iran bombings.

Tabby Tuesday

Social Media Diplomacy?

Is that really a good idea?

It’s AG Monday!

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Iran Votes to Close Strait of Hormuz

What? Retaliation from Iran?

Contemporary Politics are Exhausting

It is hard to focus.

Vance: We Used to Have “Dumb Presidents”

Well, I feel better now.

This isn’t Deranged at All…

Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize obsession.

Why Might Iran Want a Nuke?

Is dropping it on Israel the most likely reason?

They Don’t Teach IR in Sunday School

Cruz on supporting Israel.

A Photo for Friday

“Foreboding”

In Front of Our Noses: Another Democratic Official Arrested

The pattern of attempted intimidation continues.

Hump Day Forum

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A Couple of Observations Relevant to Iran

Not really posts, but hey, here they are anyway.

The Grift is Endless

Trump Mobile!

It’s AG Monday!

This week: Star Trek: The Animated Series.

The Latest in the Politics of Us and Them

Trump’s latest social media screed.

A No Kings Field Report

Montgomery, AL.

Minnesota Speaker Emerita and Husband Assassinated

A state Representative and his wife have also been shot and are in the hospital.

Defending and Downplaying the Padilla Incident

Force to create compliance should not be supported or excused. And yet…

TGIF Tabs

In Front of Our Noses: Noem’s Liberation Promises

The authoritarian rhetoric continues.

A Photo for Friday

“Turmoil Above, Peace Below”

US Senator Taken to Ground and Handcuffed [Updated]

The crime: trying to ask DHS Secretary Noem a question at a press conference in a federal building.

In Front of Our Noses: The Rhetoric of Invasion

A tidbit from Trump’s Fort Bragg speech.

In Front of Our Noses: Politicizing the Military

Trump’s speech at Fort Bragg.

US Representative McIver Indicted

“A brazen attempt at political intimidation.”

YouGov Poll on National Guard Deployment to LA

One poll, to be sure, but not one in Trump’s favor.

Tabby Tuesday

Its AG Monday

This week we talk the weird 70s with the co-hosts of Monster Talk.