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# Gil Troy

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## Gil Troy


_Troy is a professor of history at McGill University and the author of_ [The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1250063728/?tag=timecom-20).


## Gil Troy


* ![Alt Right Protesters Stage Rally In Berkeley](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41140b001a595fd3/6988db948fd2ee4202358a0c/antifa-alt-left-right-charlottesville-trump-berkeley.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 28, 2017  
### [Why the 'Alt-Left' Is a Problem](https://time.com/4919011/donald-trump-alt-left-antifa/)  
Calling radicals the “alt-left” tars them with their rivals’ brush. That's okay  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Mar 23, 2017  
### [Jimmy Breslin](https://time.com/4710624/jimmy-breslin/)  
American voice  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Writer Jimmy Breslin smokes a cigar outside the Madison Hotel](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda899be652ae2e09/6988bf2f97cdff74ed6afe1b/jimmy-breslin-queens-obituary-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 20, 2017  
### [Donald Trump and Jimmy Breslin: Kings of Different Queens](https://time.com/4707452/jimmy-breslin-donald-trump-obituary/)  
'Trump ignores his Queens roots without transcending them; Breslin transcended his Queens roots with...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Bernie Sanders campaigns for Democrats in Colorado](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt267cad426139ae55/6988b21acf40a8e514c45cb1/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-alt-right-left-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 7, 2016  
### [The Bernie Sanders–Fueled Alt-Left Viciously Attacked Me](https://time.com/4593753/bernie-sanders-alt-left/)  
"How could these bullies defend Bernie Sanders’ decent campaign so indecently?"  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., appear at a rally at Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. \(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt66bfa29a74e625e5/6988ae770a4a2257769cc0d0/hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2016  
### [And the 2016 Ralph Nader Award Goes to... Bernie Sanders](https://time.com/4569766/bernie-sanders-ralph-nader-2016/)  
Sanders distracted Hillary Clinton from creating a unified vision for the future  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![President Bill Clinton with First Lady Hillary Clinton during the Congressional Medal of Freedom ceremony in the east room of the White house. Picture taken Wednesday, August 11, 1999. \(AP Photo/Virginian-Pilot, LAWRENCE JACKSON\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt38fdea2cf6583d7c/6988ac25196cf41c5603dc37/clintons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 30, 2016  
### [Understanding 'Clintipathy': A Pathological Hatred of the Clintons](https://time.com/4550665/why-people-hate-the-clintons/)  
One part totally rational; one part sexist and unfair  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Hillary Clinton at the third presidential debate](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte81cbd59ad24c262/6988ab0ea988ca3f4f6b9d92/hillary-clinton-centrism-im-with-her-bill-clinton-welfare-reform.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 21, 2016  
### [Hillary Clinton Should Embrace Her Centrism](https://time.com/4540657/hillary-clinton-centrism/)  
'Stronger together' is not a governing philosophy  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Former first ladies get together for a group photo at a gala 20th anniversary fundraising event saluting Betty Ford and the Betty Ford Center in Indian Wells, Calif. on Jan. 17, 2003. From left are Rosalynn Carter, Barbara Bush, Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0a9c2e3691ea7a7d/69888075a988ca26306b6dcf/hillary-clinton-nancy-reagan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 7, 2016  
### [Nancy Reagan's Surprising Feminist Gift to Hillary Clinton](https://time.com/4249459/nancy-reagan-hillary-clinton/)  
She helped make Clinton's presidential campaign possible  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![GOP Presidential Candidates Debate In Charleston](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ab20d7c844c5a97/69887957524fc00f84df6506/republican-debate2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 15, 2016  
### [We, the People, Were the Losers at the Republican Debate](https://time.com/4182501/republican-debate-losers/)  
The candidates have yet to offer compelling alternatives to Obama—leaving us to languish in this pol...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![U.S. President Bill Clinton \(C\) stands between PLO leader Yasser Arafat \(R\) and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin \(L\) as they shake hands at the White House in Washington D.C. on Sept. 13, 1993.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdff58ff24132ab58/69886f6b196cf46ace038d09/yitzhak-rabin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 3, 2015  
### [The Murder That Shook Israel](https://time.com/4094411/the-murder-that-shook-israel/)  
Remembering Yitzhak Rabin for his flaws makes him a more effective role model 20 years after his dea...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Former US President Bill Clinton hug after she officially launched her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination during a speech at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park in New York on June 1](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte44fa8ce3164ab21/698867e03c1639442345a2db/clintons.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 12, 2015  
### [What Hillary Can Learn From Bill for the Democratic Debate](https://time.com/4069862/democratic-debate-what-hillary-clinton-bill/)  
The trick is to combine substance with showmanship  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt442a59a7b30741a1/6988640735ba6f9f40c0f345/age-of-clinton-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 17, 2015  
### [Carly Fiorina Could Defeat Hillary Clinton—By Channeling Her](https://time.com/4038387/carly-fiorina-could-defeat-hillary-clinton-by-channeling-her/)  
Last night was her audition for the role of Clinton conquerer  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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