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· Saturday, June 6, 2026 · 1 comment

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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.

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  1. drj says:
    Saturday, 6 June 2026 at 04:31

    Since I went there, this one hits close to home:

    University of Iowa Students will now be required to take classes from the new Center for Intellectual Freedom in order to graduate.

    Republican lawmakers created the center last year to push back against what they considered liberal indoctrination on Iowa college campuses. This year, Republican lawmakers tacked on a requirement for students to take courses from the center as part of a massive budget bill passed during a marathon 35-hour session just before the legislature adjourned.

    Nothing says “intellectual freedom” like forcing students to take mandatory classes on the ruling party’s ideology.

    Meanwhile, acceptance of same-sex marriage is declining, almost exclusively due to a collapse in support among Republicans.

    Unfortunately, propaganda works.

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