Copyright 2012 Tevi Troy Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:40:04 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tevi Troy :: Writings http://www.tevitroy.org tevitroy@gmail.com (Tevi Troy) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.tevitroy.org/11116/edward-koch-sane-liberal Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:00:00 EST This past summer, Edward I. Koch, a Democrat, made headlines by noisily endorsing Republican Bob Turner in a special election to fill the congressional seat of disgraced Tweeter Anthony Weiner. The former mayor explained that he'd decided to rally Jewish... http://www.tevitroy.org/2012/01/cecilia-munoz-dpc Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:00 EST Cecilia Muñoz has been named White House domestic policy adviser, making the move from the White House's Intergovernmental Affairs shop. IGA is more of a liaison position, while the DPC job is one of the most important policy positions in government.... http://www.tevitroy.org/10973/think-tank-politicization Tue, 3 Jan 2012 09:00:00 EST One of the most peculiar, and least understood, features of the Washington policy process is the extraordinary dependence of policymakers on the work of think tanks. Most Americans — even most of those who follow politics closely — would probably... http://www.tevitroy.org/10966/interview-tim-groseclose Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST In his new book, Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind (St. Martin's Press, 2011), Tim Groseclose, Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics at UCLA, discusses his quantitative measurements of political bias in the American... http://www.tevitroy.org/10801/condi-mystery-men Wed, 1 Dec 2011 09:00:00 EST With the publication of Condoleezza Rice's No Higher Honor, most of the George W. Bush administration staff's memoirs are now out, and there appears to be a unifying theme: the tendency to refuse to name certain players. Rice uses this device more than... http://www.tevitroy.org/2011/11/confirmation-wars-at-cms Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:05:00 EST The New York Times has an editorial today called "A Vacancy That Needs to Be Filled," which blames Republicans for the departure of Don Berwick from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. According to the Times, "Senate Republicans need to put... http://www.tevitroy.org/2011/11/don-berwick-legacy Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:21:00 EST Recess-appointed Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services head Don Berwick has announced his resignation, effective December 2. In stepping down, Berwick has officially recognized what everyone in Washington has long known — that he had no chance of... http://www.tevitroy.org/10754/kagan-recusal Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST There is a lot of speculation regarding whether Justices Elena Kagan or Clarence Thomas should recuse themselves from the Supreme Court case on President Barack Obama's health care law. Kagan, for her part, was Obama's solicitor general at the time the... http://www.tevitroy.org/10746/america-poverty-approach Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST As the budget "super committee" does its important work, poverty advocates are understandably concerned about how the committee's recommendations could affect recipients of the $500 plus billion the U.S. spends on anti-poverty programs each year. This... http://www.tevitroy.org/2011/11/supreme-court-obamacare Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:09:00 EST The Washington Post has reported that the Supreme Court will take up the question of the constitutionality of the Obama health-care law. This is unquestionably good news for conservatives and opponents of the law. First, there is the obvious point that... http://www.tevitroy.org/2011/11/hot-mic-hot-mess Tue, 8 Nov 2011 19:08:00 EST Jonah noted last night that we would be hearing more about Obama and Sarkozy agreeing in their disdain for Bibi Netanyahu, and he was right. Jay Carney tried to duck the issue in a press conference today, saying three separate times some version of "I... http://www.tevitroy.org/10611/primetime-propaganda Mon, 7 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST There is a venerable tradition of conservative books on Hollywood's pervasive liberalism. Ben Stein got the ball rolling in 1979 with his groundbreaking The View from Sunset Boulevard: America as Brought to You by the People Who Make Television. Stein... http://www.tevitroy.org/10651/romney-top-gop-pick Thu, 3 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST Republicans should support Mitt Romney for president because he has the clearest plan for undoing the health-care plan that President Obama has imposed on this country. The Affordable Care Act is costly, intrusive and possibly unconstitutional. Despite a... http://www.tevitroy.org/10620/obama-fda-executive-order Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST To much hype, the Obama administration has issued an executive order (EO), allegedly designed to reduce the growing problem of drug shortages. This is undoubtedly a complex subject and there are a variety of factors at work, but the text of the EO... http://www.tevitroy.org/2011/10/candidates-favorite-flicks Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:40:00 EST James Frazier has a piece in today's Washington Times on the favorite movies of our presidential candidates. For what it's worth, the choices, in the order in which they appear in the article, are: Herman Cain: The Godfather Michele Bachmann: Braveheart,...