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Jeff Greenfield is an author and longtime network TV analyst. His latest book is If Kennedy Lived.
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How RFK Could Have Become President
ALTERNATE HISTORIESWe tend to think that it was only Sirhan Sirhan who kept RFK out of the White House. In fact, Hubert Humphrey was the front-runner. But Bobby could have won if…

The Kennedy-LBJ Speechwriter Who Changed the ’60s
RIP, 1931-2018For Jack, Bobby, and Lyndon, he wrote some of the most eloquent words they ever spoke and was one of the most important figures of his year.

How to Make the MLB All-Star Game Great Again
TWO CENTSIn 1976, the game drew 36.5 million viewers. Last year (with America’s population 100 million greater than in 1976) the game drew 8.7 million. There’s one big reason why.

What Game Six of the ’86 World Series Taught Me About Russia
TRICKS“I swear that game was at Fenway!” “And I know for a fact Mookie scored the winning run!” Lessons for us all about memory and jumping to conclusions.

If Athletes Can Cash In, Why Not Us Journalists?
Next season, NBA players will be wearing corporate logos on their jerseys. Impure? Uh, that horse left the barn a while ago. In fact, this gives me an idea…

Keeping a Spring Training Promise
Warmer Days Ahead“It’s completely changed,” says Cleveland Manager Terry Francona, who remember the way it was when his father Tito played.

Who Will Ever Tell Trump No?
YIKESLBJ’s SecDef manned up and told him Vietnam wasn’t winnable. He actually changed course. Could we picture a) anyone telling Trump a grim truth, and b) him listening?

Forget the Faithless-Elector Fantasy
The People’s ChoiceThe idea of depriving Donald Trump of his majority when the electors meet next week is entertaining, but it bears no relation to political reality.

It’ll Get Worse After the Election
Worser and WorserIf you think it’s bad now, wait until January. We’ll be standing at the San Andreas fault line of dysfunction.

The Myth of a Democratic Electoral Lock
242?It wasn’t so long ago that Republicans though they had much of the country stitched up. Then a Clinton came along and that changed, fast.
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