“Video of President Macron downing a bottle of beer in a rugby club changing room has prompted accusations that he is encouraging binge drinking and ‘toxic masculinity,’” the Times of London reports.
“The president chugged the Corona in 17 seconds and then slammed the empty bottle down on a counter to cheers and whoops from players and staff of Toulouse, the French rugby union champions.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.