Professor Emeritus of PoliSci and former Dean of Arts & Sciences. My research is focused on comparative democratic institutions.🖖🤘 I write about politics at www.outsidethebeltway.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mlogk3zkcs2xReadings on Reform – Outside the Beltway https://outsidethebeltway.com/readings-on-reform/12 May 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlogk3zkcs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mllvfiizgc2dI recommend and endorse @dennislytton.bsky.social's piece (and not just because I am quoted!). [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllvfiizgc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mlgjh75zvs2sI am unimpressed, to put it mildly, by the VA ruling on the referendum. https://outsidethebeltway.com/the-petty-ruling-in-virginia/09 May 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgjh75zvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mlgjfmyc4k2sYou really can't make this stuff up (on Golden Statues). https://outsidethebeltway.com/meanwhile-in-north-korea-20/09 May 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgjfmyc4k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mlgjegjwzk2sThoughts on the pretzel logic of SCOTUS in terms of partisan v. racial gerrymandering. https://outsidethebeltway.com/the-pretzel-logic-of-scotus-on-districting/09 May 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgjegjwzk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mkzt7jarzs2dThis week on Ancient Geeks: Part 1 on Harlan Ellison. https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-65-harlan-ellison-part-1-the-writer/04 May 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzt7jarzs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mkzsmqgit22hI have a piece up at @liberalcurrents.com https://www.liberalcurrents.com/lessons-from-the-redistricting-wars/04 May 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzsmqgit22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mkv6gm7wpk22He is struggling to solve a problem he largely created. Trump’s Nuclear Folly – Outside the Beltway https://outsidethebeltway.com/trumps-nuclear-folly/02 May 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkv6gm7wpk22https://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mkfyr5dwyc27A reaction, in part, to the events of last night and a counter to some burgeoning conspiracy thinking. https://outsidethebeltway.com/we-are-steeped-in-violence/26 Apr 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfyr5dwyc27https://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mk457fml3k2z👇👇👇👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk457fml3k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mk2nsr6vz22qThe lesson I would love everyone to learn is that lines on a map should not determine electoral outcomes; voters should determine electoral outcomes. So, let's all work together for actual representative outcomes.22 Apr 2026 04:27 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2nsr6vz22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mk2nquiyfs2qThus just in: if you don't want unfair districts the only actual solution is proportional representation.22 Apr 2026 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk2nquiyfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mjy3jq6s522mThis week on Ancient Geeks, 2001: A Space Odyssey. https://ancientgeeks.podbean.com/e/ancient-geeks-episode-63-2001-a-space-odyssey/21 Apr 2026 03:54 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjy3jq6s522mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mjd4i33ypk2aI guess JD was oh-for-two on the week.12 Apr 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd4i33ypk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3miwvsprgls25So, thankfully, it’s TACO Tuesday.07 Apr 2026 23:14 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwvsprgls25