Skip to Main Content

ADVERTISEMENT

Jeff Greenfield is an author and longtime network TV analyst. His latest book is If Kennedy Lived.

ADVERTISEMENT

opinion

How RFK Could Have Become President

ALTERNATE HISTORIES

We 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…

Jeff Greenfield | Published Jun 04, 2018
opinion

The Kennedy-LBJ Speechwriter Who Changed the ’60s

RIP, 1931-2018

For 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.

Jeff Greenfield | Published May 26, 2018
opinion

How to Make the MLB All-Star Game Great Again

TWO CENTS

In 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.

Jeff Greenfield | Published Jul 10, 2017

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.

Jeff Greenfield | Published Jun 18, 2017

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…

Jeff Greenfield | Published Jun 04, 2017

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.

Jeff Greenfield | Published Apr 01, 2017
opinion

Who Will Ever Tell Trump No?

YIKES

LBJ’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?

Jeff Greenfield | Published Feb 06, 2017

Forget the Faithless-Elector Fantasy

The People’s Choice

The idea of depriving Donald Trump of his majority when the electors meet next week is entertaining, but it bears no relation to political reality.

Jeff Greenfield | Published Dec 12, 2016

It’ll Get Worse After the Election

Worser and Worser

If you think it’s bad now, wait until January. We’ll be standing at the San Andreas fault line of dysfunction.

Jeff Greenfield | Published Oct 25, 2016

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.

Jeff Greenfield | Published Sep 22, 2016

ADVERTISEMENT