Work-at-home dad. Writer, editor & commentator. Ex-@usnews, @bostonglobe, @thehill. Author of "White House Ghosts.” May not be notable.
Feb 18, 2021 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
The Cruz family vacation gets off to a rough start when dad gives an hour-long speech objecting to the rum in his daiquiri as invalid.
Other patrons inch away as @SenTedCruz loudly demands the beachside bartender mix him a Green New Deal. "It's frozen and causes you to black out!" he exclaims, looking around for appreciative laughs. #CruzFamilyVacation
Nov 9, 2020 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
He wouldn't be the first to follow along that path. Eric Goldman was seen as Dad's successor as WH professor-in-residence; @JeffShesol joined Clinton's staff after his book on RFK & LBJ caught the president's eye.
Meacham would also follow an even richer history of former journalists writing for presidents. Raymond Moley wrote for FDR even as he edited the magazine that became Newsweek (which Meacham himself later led). 2/
