Monday’s Forum
Steven L. Taylor
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Monday, April 20, 2026
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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).
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In yet another case of Fatso’s abject failures he must begin refunding tariffs today.
https://apnews.com/article/tariff-refund-trump-customs-08861f153801156d213c30c4e2f6a683?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
Sharon Lokedi and John Korir, both of Kenya, have won the women’s and men’s divisions of the Boston Marathon.
Politico on seriously flawed DOE science.
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2025/chris-wright-doe-climate-change-report/
The U.S. has turned back 27 ships since its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz began.
I wonder if there will be a seaborne equivalent of an IED soon.
This anniversary slipped by me yesterday.
April 19, 1995
Bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City
Source
@Gregory Lawrence Brown:
Also the anniversary of Lexington and Concord.
Today is the anniversary of the killings at Columbine High School in 1999.
If it wasn’t bad enough, Amazon has also colluded with other companies to raise prices.
The Bork doctrine that antitrust should only apply to monopolies that harm consumers has harmed plenty of consumers though excessive consolidation and worse working conditions and compensation.
I wonder how the Fixer Court will allow this to go on.
All money to the Oligarchs!
Lori Chavez-DeRemer out as Labor secretary
It could be a coincidence El Taco has only sacked women thus far in his cabinet…
What happens when I cook late on Sunday afternoon after a 7-day working week*? Well, for one thing, I do recall the mise en place, and then forget to add the spices and tomato sauce to the instant pot before setting it to cook.
So I added them afterwards (what else?) I wonder how much of a difference this makes…
*I worked “only” 5-6 hours on Saturday, and about 3 on Sunday. Still, that’s seven days. besides, on Wednesday I arrived at work at 7:30 am, and left at 7:45 am on Thursday. And, yes, I returned to work on Thursday around 2 pm, after getting some sleep at home.
By now it’s not the long hours, nor the lack of sleep, not even the tedium of the work involved. It’s all of those and fatigue, and being too busy to remember to order dinner, and not being able to do much else other than work, sleep, and eat. I’m feeling plain disgust at any additional project that drops (two more did this week).