He holds a PhD and an MA in political science from Fordham University and a BA from Kenyon College. Dr. Taylor’s specialty is in the history of political thought and American government, especially the question of executive power. He is the editor of The Great Lie: Classic and Recent Appraisals of Ideology and Totalitarianism, co-author of The Contested Removal Power, 1789-2010, and the author of numerous articles. He is editor of The Long Night of the Watchman: Essays by Václav Benda, 1977-1989, which is forthcoming in March 2017.