--- description: Troy is a professor of history at McGill University and the author of The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Gil Troy ## Gil Troy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _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 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  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/) *  Mar 23, 2017 ### [Jimmy Breslin](https://time.com/4710624/jimmy-breslin/) American voice [WORLD](/section/world/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/gil-troy/","name":"Gil Troy"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/gil-troy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/gil-troy/"},"name":"Gil Troy","jobTitle":null,"description":"Troy is a professor of history at McGill University and the author of The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s.","url":"https://time.com/author/gil-troy/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```