Thursday’s Forum
Steven L. Taylor
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Thursday, April 9, 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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Ireland update:
Dublin and Galway effectively shut down due to protests over fuel prices.
I support the protestors.
Whoever wants the Democratic nomination needs to stand up right now and spell out for Americans how badly Fatso and his band of yes-bros have fucked up…from the very second they welched on the JCPOA until today.
The stepford wife;
Whiskey Pete;
WTF are they talking about?
The regime has not been changed. They still have their uranium. And NOW they have control of the Strait and 20% of the world’s oil. And on top of everything FATSO IS ACCEPTING IRAN’S 10-POINT PLAN. If that isn’t defeat, then what the fuck is?
Please, anyone, tell me what exactly did we win?
I’d love to see Mark Kelly stand up and give everyone a big dose of reality, and not just this third-rate reality show.
One thing that hasn’t received the attention that it deserves is Vance’s shameless attempt to prop up Putin’s puppet in Hungary while falsely and hypocritically accusing both the EU and Ukraine of election interference.
Orbán, of course, also happens to be Putin’s money launderer for the European and (to a lesser extent) the US far-right.
Instead of promoting democracy, the US is now promoting kleptocracy – both at home and abroad.
Not coincidentally, fully in line with Russia’s long-standing strategy of not necessarily becoming stronger itself, but rather to weaken its geopolitical competitors by dragging them down to its own corrupt and kleptocratic standards.
I’m headed to the airport sans laptop and won’t be back until Sunday afternoon.
Update #2
Gas lines at most stations.
Limerick and Shannon both almost out of gas.