Now I better understand why I've always been terrified of drought. Insight came as I read the terrific new book about Hubert Humphrey's early years, "Into the Bright Sunshine," by journalist and ...

AT the outset of a campaign that progressed from disarray to the brink of disaster, Hubert Horatio Humphrey confessed to close aides: “I’m dead.” He was down so far he had no place to go but up. And ...

THE man whom Richard Nixon defeated is a professor these days, and he tends to grade the world around him. Last week TIME asked Hubert Humphrey to appraise Nixon’s performance as President. He gave ...