Posts by Steven L. Taylor

Steven L. Taylor
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). Follow Steven on Twitter and/or BlueSky.

Saturday’s Forum

Tab Clearing for the Weekend

So many open tabs, so little time.

A Photo for Friday

“Peeking Through”

Strong Q4 Growth

Plus an observation on news coverage.

Thursday’s Forum

Lunchtime Funnies

The Five Minute University.

Tuesday’s Forum

DeSantis Out

The race to be the top loser in the GOP primary process just lost a competitor.

The Impulse to Want a Strong Man

And the intuition that things aren’t really working.

Saturday’s Forum

A Photo for Friday

“Weather is About to Change”

Wednesday’s Forum

MLK Day Forum

The Absurdity of Iowa

Cold hard facts.

This Just In: The NFL Exists to Make Money

Also: the media landscape is currently evolving.

Saturday’s Forum

A Photo for Friday

“Rising”

Thursday’s Forum

Birtherism 3.0

The target this time: Nikki Haley.

Mid-Week Tabs

Wednesday’s Forum

Speaking of Impeachment Threats

There’s one in Maine.

An Example of Motivated Reasoning

Why we are where we are.

Tit, Meet Tat

The inevitable threats to remove Biden from the ballot emerge.

“Just Joking”

Some things shouldn’t be joked about (and they often aren’t jokes anyway).

Saturday Late Morning Tabs and Takes

Trump and Trump-adjacent stories for this round of Tabs.

A Photo for Friday

“Foggy Sunrise”

George Will’s Obtuseness

Normalizing Trump via poor analysis.

Headline Reaction

Ice, ice, what?

Project365 2023

A year in photos.

Early 2024 Polling

Election year is upon us, but the polling is still a bit fuzzy.

Welcome to 2024 Forum

Happy New Year from OTB!

Global Inflation

A chart to ponder.

The Maine Ruling

A compelling document.

Jefferson Davis and Section 3

Some historical context.

NYE Tabs

“2023 Lists” Edition