Andrew J. Taylor

Prof Political Science @ncstate Dir of Free & Open Societies Project & PPE, views my own, RTs not necessarily endorsement

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

I was going to watch “Saving Private Ryan” tonight to remember those magnificent men who crossed the Channel 82 years ago at this time. It’s a tough one so I’m now rewatching “A Bridge Too Far.” Great movie—esp. Edward Fox, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Elliot Gould

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

@jon_m_rob @pete_enns You might be interested in this as well: https://t.co/swqxIheDkI

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

I & 8 NCSU students joined a delegation from @washcoll for the Origins of American Liberty Seminar in DC. We discussed canonical documents, historical treatments of the Founding and toured the Capitol, monuments & Victims of Communism Museum. Thank you @TheIHS & @PopeFoundation

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

And thanks to @PopeFoundation for its wonderful and continued support.

[Pope Foundation @PopeFoundation]

On Monday, the Free and Open Societies Project at @NCState hosted Diana Schaub for a lecture titled "The Revolutionary Constitutionalism of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass." The lecture was presented in collaboration with NC State's Honors Program as an Honors Forum.

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

Much of this is explained by my book: https://t.co/swqxIheDkI

[Morten N. Støstad @MortenStostad]

A fantastic and very important paper, finally out at @QJEHarvard.

[Morten N. Støstad @MortenStostad]

A fantastic and very important paper, finally out at @QJEHarvard.

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

@MichaelBarone @karol Salisbury Cathedral also has one of the four original copies of the Magna Carta.

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

@mattyglesias The public is not progressive on economic policy. https://t.co/swqxIheDkI

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

@tylercoward Spain are current Euro champions, but I am proud to say England successfully defended as runner-up.

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

This just seems performative, almost as if the Governor has binders of them.

[Governor Josh Stein @NC_Governor]

Women get stuff done. One of the best parts of my job is to be able to work with and learn from so many every day.

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

@Avik UConn has done it before, Tate George v. Clemson in 1990.

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

Social science under attack from the left.

[Christian Grose @christiangrose]

The USC debate formula explained: Polling and fundraising, those are the 2 variables that were used...You can see there's four candidates right at the top: Steyer, Hilton, Swalwell, and Porter and then another two, Mahan and Bianco. 4 Democrats and 2 Republicans.

[Freedom Conservatism @FreeConTalk]

1/2 Here are some recently published and upcoming works by @FreeConTalk signatories and key allies:

@ajtfosp (pictured nearby), a #FreeCon signatory and political scientist at North Carolina State University, is the author of “A Tolerance for Inequality: American Public Opinion and Economic Policy,” published last November by the University of Chicago Press.

Taylor’s book “breaks new ground and makes a significant intellectual contribution by focusing on those areas where the connections between economic and political inequality are least established,” said Matt Grossman.

• FreeCon signatory @bradleybirzer, Russell Amos Kirk Chair in American Studies and Professor of History at Hillsdale College, is the author of ‘The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Experiment in Liberty,” due out in May from the American Institute for Economic Research.

“Influenced by classical learning, the English constitutional tradition, Protestant political culture, and the philosophy of natural rights,” this book “presents the Declaration of Independence as both radical and deeply rooted in inherited traditions.”

Birzer‘s previous books include “Russell Kirk: American Conservative” (2015), “Neil Peart: Cultural (Re)Percussions” (2015), and “J.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth” (2003).

• @StephenKentX, a FreeCon signatory and principal of Better Media LLC, is the author of “Great Escape: How Stoicism and Timeless Stories Can Change Your Life, If You’ll Let Them,” due out later this year from Post Hill Press. His prior work includes “How the Force Can Fix the World: Lessons on Life, Liberty, and Happiness from a Galaxy Far, Far Away.”

• @sladesr, a senior editor at Reason, is the author of “Fusionism: Liberty, Virtue, and the Future of the American Right,” which will be published in September by the University of Notre Dame Press.

Slade “brilliantly illuminates the truth that the free society is made possible by the creative tension between liberty and virtue,” raved Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute. “This book is essential reading for conservatives of all parties.”

• @HelloFrankLavin, a FreeCon signatory and former federal official and ambassador, is the author of “Inside the Reagan White House: A Front-Row Seat to Presidential Leadership with Lessons for Today,” published last year by Post Hill Press.

• @CalebFranz, a FreeCon signatory and program manager at Young Voices, is writing “Becoming Ulysses: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Young Ulysses S. Grant.” His first book was “The Conductor: The Story of Rev. John Rankin, Abolitionism’s Essential Founding Father.”

• @LexiOHudson, a FreeCon signatory and author of “The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves,” is currently working on a follow-up book for young readers entitled “Heroes and Villains: The Soul of Civility for Young Citizens.”

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

The thesis here is oil companies shouldn't be sponsoring the Winter Olympics because of climate change and no snow = no Winter Olympics. But an alternative thesis is they should because no oil = no Winter Olympics. Great even-handed political reporting from @BBCSport

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

Why is an oil company sponsoring the Winter Olympics? 🤔

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

Two former @NCState @PopeFoundation Lecturers!

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

“The conservatism that I signed up for is completely gone,” Mona Charen tells Davd Frum: “There’s no coherent set of ideas that is held by a movement, or far less a party, now that is recognizable.” Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/p0dPXDPoOI

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

@JohnHoodNC Happy 60th John! It’s been a full & productive working life. I hope it still has many more years in it.

I’m not far behind you, 12 days & counting!

[Andrew J. Taylor @ajtfosp]

@JohnHoodNC To clarify, John is on the money 99.99% of the time. But as English-born (and proud naturalized American) the date is inculcated in me.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

This is a great piece with some mind-boggling statistics.

- At Brown and Harvard, more than 20% of undergraduates are registered as disabled
- At Amherst: more than 30 percent
- At Stanford: nearly 40 percent

Soon, many of these schools "may have more students receiving [disability] accommodations than not, a scenario that would have seemed absurd just a decade ago."

As students and their parents have recognized the benefits of claiming disability—extended time on tests, housing accommodations, etc—the rates of disability at colleges, and especially at elite colleges, has exploded.

America used to stigmatize disability too severely. Now elite institutions reward it too liberally. It simply does not make any sense to have a policy that declares half of the students at Stanford cognitively disabled and in need of accommodations.

[LSE USAPP blog @LSEUSAblog]

Economic populism isn’t as appealing to Americans as progressive Democrats believe writes @ajtfosp of @NCState https://t.co/cR4sgSAzE8