Copyright 2026 Tevi Troy Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:04:44 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tevi Troy :: Writings https://tevitroy.org tevitroy@gmail.com (Tevi Troy) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us https://tevitroy.org/31433/nothing-random Mon, 1 Jun 2026 09:00:00 EST Unknown to most people alive today, Bennett Cerf was at one point one of the most famous people in America. Cerf, who co-founded the publishing firm Random House, was a columnist, best-selling author, and regular participant on CBS's What's My Line? He... https://tevitroy.org/31430/trump-cabinet-reshuffle Fri, 29 May 2026 09:00:00 EST With the departure of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, we've now reached what can be called an actual Cabinet shakeup. Over the past six weeks, we've seen the resignation of Kristi Noemfrom the Department of Homeland Security, Pam Bondi... https://tevitroy.org/31416/blood-and-progress Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 EST Political violence is on the rise. That in itself is a concern, but perhaps more worrisome is the reaction to that violence. Enter National Review's Noah Rothman, who has been writing about left-wing political violence long before Luigi Mangione murdered... https://tevitroy.org/31426/this-vast-enterprise Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 EST Whenever my wife mentions that she is nervous about forgetting to pack something before a trip in the U.S., I tell her, "This is America. We can buy anything we need when we get there." This may be true in the 21st century. In his stirring new book, This... https://tevitroy.org/31417/national-sabbath-for-american-jews Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:00 EST As part of of America's semiquincentennial, President Trump has formally encouraged American Jews to take a national Sabbath this weekend. This presidential proclamation recognizes the longstanding and deeply valued Jewish presence in America. Mr. Trump... https://tevitroy.org/31422/theodore-roosevelt-and-the-tennis-cabinet Wed, 13 May 2026 09:00:00 EST There's a long and storied history of presidents and tennis. George H.W. Bush played regularly and aggressively. (One of the reasons cited for his throwing up on the Japanese prime minister in Tokyo in 1992 was exhaustion from a challenging doubles match... https://tevitroy.org/31404/trump-mamdani-make-nice Fri, 8 May 2026 09:00:00 EST Political opposites President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani continue to have a surprisingly friendly relationship. In an interview on Meet the Press last month, Mamdani called Trump "honest, direct, and productive," not the kinds of... https://tevitroy.org/31396/white-house-and-buckingham-palace Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:00:00 EST In advance of King Charles' upcoming visit to Washington, D.C., it's worth looking back at the long relationship between the White House and Buckingham Palace. While American presidents and British royals are fast friends today, this was not always the... https://tevitroy.org/31394/dont-tell-the-president Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:00:00 EST It's hard to write a good oral history. The stop-start nature of the form makes it difficult to develop a narrative, and also the sometimes-uneven rhythm impedes the author's ability to develop a larger message. Studs Terkel's Hard Times is usually... https://tevitroy.org/31375/trump-wartime-presidency Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:00:00 EST America's war with the mullahs of Tehran is into its second month, and it has already changed Donald Trump's presidency in important ways. As the president considers how to navigate these new dynamics, it's worth considering the experience of some... https://tevitroy.org/31320/what-happened-to-tucker Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:00:00 EST "What the hell happened to Tucker Carlson?" That is the question Jason Zengerle poses and attempts to answer in his new biography, Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind. It is a question asked by... https://tevitroy.org/31302/al-gore-lesson-for-jd-vance Wed, 4 Mar 2026 09:00:00 EST Fraud costs American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars a year. President Trump has assigned JD Vance to address the problem, which will require him to master an odd entity, the vice-presidential task force. The form emerged when President Ronald... https://tevitroy.org/31269/bernhard-goetz Fri, 6 Feb 2026 09:00:00 EST In the early afternoon of Dec. 22, 1984, four black teenagers were riding the subway in lower Manhattan when a thin and bespectacled man got on. The four had snuck onto a bus, jumped the turnstiles to enter the subway system and were on their way to rob... https://tevitroy.org/31256/every-president-has-a-skeleton Tue, 3 Feb 2026 09:00:00 EST So much for calling Joe Biden "sleepy." During a cabinet meeting last Thursday, Donald Trump was accused of falling asleep. The president had a good excuse, though. "It lasted for three hours," he said afterward. "Some people said, 'He closed his eyes.'... https://tevitroy.org/31237/harris-shapiro-revenge Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:00:00 EST When Kamala Harris wrote in her memoir "107 Days" that Pennsylvania governor – and fellow Democrat – Josh Shapiro insisted on being "in the room for every decision" if he were to become vice president, an angry Shapiro characterized her account as...