Posts by 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.
Trump Calls Political Rivals “Vermin” and Seeks to “Root Out” the “Threat from Within”
Leading candidate for Republican nomination deploys eliminationist rhetoric in Veteran’s Day speech.
Anti-Gay Extremism in Nigeria
Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).
Ezra Klein on Israel and Hamas
The best statement on the complexity of the Israel-Hamas conflict that I have heard/read.
An Observation about American Democracy
The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.