BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Bob Cusack, editor-in-chief of The Hill
How/where are you celebrating your birthday and with whom? “We just got back from vacation in the Virgin Islands so nothing too special. I’ll be working, grabbing dinner with my wife, Joyce, and three kids, and then watching the Mets (hopefully) beat the Nats.”
How did you get your start in journalism? “Like many of my colleagues around town, my first journalism job was at Inside Washington Publishers. They held my hand and patiently trained me as I covered worker safety issues. I will be forever grateful.”
What’s an interesting book/article you’re reading during coronavirus social distancing? And why? “With the sports shutdown, I needed something to fill that void. I recently finished John Feinstein’s ‘The Back Roads to March,’ which focuses on mid-major college basketball programs like my alma mater, Loyola University (Md.). It’s like winning the Super Bowl if you just make the NCAA tourney (which Loyola has done twice).”
What’s a trend going on in the U.S. or abroad that doesn’t get enough attention? “The amount of missing and murdered Native American women in the U.S. The numbers are staggering.”
How’s the Trump presidency going? “The polls are not good for the president and congressional Republicans as the nation’s coronavirus cases continue to spike. But the election is three months away, which is an eternity in politics.”
What’s a fun fact that people in Washington might not know about you? “My parents ran an off-off-off-Broadway theater company in Manhattan, where I grew up. I acted in a lot of stage plays and got into the Screen Actors Guild as a child.”
