To the Editor:
“Cruz the Gruff Taking a Turn at Being Nice” (front page, Dec. 10) reports that Senator Ted Cruz’s “disposition has rarely been described warmly” and that making friends has been hard for him. That was never my experience of Ted Cruz.
We worked together as law firm associates during the 1990s, and I relished Ted’s company, as did our mutual colleagues. Your reporter might have been too quick to accept Ted’s self-deprecating remark that “if you want someone to grab a beer with, I may not be that guy.”
Back in the day, I had a few drinks with the man who is now the junior senator from Texas, and I highly recommend it. Just make sure you brush up on your constitutional law first. The conversation will be fascinating, but it will not be light.
KENNETH L. MARCUS
Washington
The writer is president and general counsel for the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.
