Tag Archives: Tevi Troy

Tevi Troy on What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched and Obama Tweeted

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Tevi Troy's new book explores how presidents interact with popular culture ... like this awkward moment when the President met The King. [Credit: The Guardian]

Tevi Troy’s new book explores how pres­i­dents inter­act with pop­u­lar cul­ture … like this mem­o­rable moment when the Pres­i­dent met The King. [Cred­it: The Guardian]

Tevi Troy’s new book is more than just an enter­tain­ing chron­i­cle of what Pres­i­dents have read, watched and lis­tened to. It offers insights into their habits of mind and how these habits have shaped – and been shaped by – pop­u­lar cul­ture. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

ObamaCare and the Arc of Conservative Wishful Thinking

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HHS simplified the application form, but is the health law still too complicated? [Credit: TakePart.com]

HHS sim­pli­fied the appli­ca­tion form, but is the health law still too com­pli­cat­ed? [Cred­it: TakePart.com]

“The Oba­maCare Blame Game” is the title of a piece by my friend and Hud­son Insti­tute fel­low Tevi Troy that will soon be pub­lished in the June 2013 Com­men­tary [no link avail­able]. Pars­ing the state­ments of Pres­i­dent Oba­ma and oth­er Demo­c­ra­t­ic lead­ers, Troy observes a curi­ous turn in how they talk about their new health care law: they have begun to admit that it might not work out as well as planned. Con­tin­ue read­ing →