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/3muv3tgu6pk2bThis is the Empire from Star Wars with a little extra Nazi thrown in. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv3tgu6pk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3muu4blep2c2gThe Trump administration's foreign policy reads like the plot of a novel about how we ended up in WWIII. It certainly is an ingredient list for a far more dangerous world order. https://outsidethebeltway.com/ingredients-for-a-dangerous-stew/06 Sep 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3muu4blep2c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3murwtzluf22vWell deserved. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3murwtzluf22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3murwrf7zu22vIndeed [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3murwrf7zu22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mujzukcahc2rI went back to Umberto Eco's "Ur-Fascism" and its unfortunately apt application to contemporary US politics. https://outsidethebeltway.com/defining-and-discussing-fascism-part-iii-re-reading-eco/02 Sep 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujzukcahc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mufwvntym22nWhat does this even mean? Does he understand nothing about basic commerce? (Yes, I know.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufwvntym22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3muczekaic22bIndeed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Aug 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3muczekaic22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3muczbhb7qs2bhttps://outsidethebeltway.com/venezuelas-oil/30 Aug 2026 18:25 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3muczbhb7qs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mu5m7u7ymk24Having a midterm convention tying a highly unpopular president to the elections: a massive own-goal. Not checking to see that the NFL has games both nights: priceless. https://outsidethebeltway.com/the-g-in-gop-must-stand-for-genius/28 Aug 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5m7u7ymk24https://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mu42misltc2wWho? [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu42misltc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mtyk42pdls2uI value education and knowledge for their own sake, but it nonetheless floors me the way in which the Trump administration does not understand it is a source of economic and political power as well. Xenophobia makes you stupid (or is it vice versa?) https://outsidethebeltway.com/a-decline-in-student-visas-and-therefore-students/26 Aug 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyk42pdls2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mtn7mfmkls2fI mean, imagine if Aaron Glenn takes Bailey Zappe and turns the Jets into a Super Bowl winner? What if they go undefeated? It would be quite the turnaround! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn7mfmkls2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sltaylor.bsky.social/post/3mth2k5cea22fThis looks and sounds like some kind of late-night TV commercial. Call now at 1-800-The-Rock for the best rock for all your landscaping needs! A few thousand payments of $19.99, and all this can be yours! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:lsre5evmasc6v2hucfkhbl2l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth2k5cea22f