Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfield
Jeff Greenfieldis an American television journalist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth10 June 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts should give substantial deference to the decisions of the political process. When Congress and the president enact a law, conservatives generally say, judges should avoid 'legislating from the bench.'
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In the many-mansioned house of Alternate History, I occupy a small corner. The trio of what-ifs I chronicled in 'Then Everything Changed' all begin with tiny, highly plausible twists of fate that lead to hugely consequential shifts in history.
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So you wake up this morning and find you're president of the United States. Pretty cool, no? Helicopters and a 747 at your disposal; courtside seats at any NBA playoff game of your choice; everyone stands up and the band plays when you come into the room.
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When I listen to the complaints that follow just about every presidential debate, I'm reminded of the well-worn joke about the Jewish mother who buys her son two shirts. When he shows up at dinner wearing one, she says: 'What's the matter? You didn't like the other one?'
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Traditionally, marriage is one arena where states have all but plenary power; it took until 1967 for the Supreme Court to tell states they could not prohibit interracial marriage.
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When George W. Bush picked Dick Cheney, it was a reassuring sign that the Texas governor would have an experienced, prudent voice at his side.
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As big as branded entertainment is, I will still venture to say that 90% of the brands you see in shows are there for free. A lot of brands get in for free not because they're cool but because they happen to be there.
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Remember, the first presidential candidate to reject public financing for both the primary and general election was... Barack Obama, in 2008. He did it, in spite of a flat pledge to the contrary, because his campaign saw that it could vastly outspend John McCain.
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He was the voice, the person of ABC News. It's always hard to replace, but when it's unexpected, it's devastating.
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He'd call you and say he had a problem with your script 45 minutes before you were going on the air. Part of it was to remind you who the alpha dog was, but he also saw it as a mentoring thing. If you're going to get your piece on ABC News, you had better know your story backward and forward. That's why he was famous for asking obscure questions.
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I really have never heard an acceptance speech where 20 years of a guy's life in the U.S. Senate is kissed off in three sentences.
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If there's any sign of life in that campaign, I haven't been able to detect it,
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There was a rip in the fabric. Everyone who saw it got the sense that everything after that would be different.
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These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.