David Axelrod

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

An unexpected knock on the door. A grim-faced police officer, bearing the most devastating news: My father was dead. Nearly a half century later, the memory still haunts me. Depression is an ILLNESS, not a defect of character! My story, on @CNNOpinion. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth — PolitiTweet.org

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod

The police officer was named Gardner. He couldn’t have been kinder. A few years later, when I was a reporter at the @chicagotribune, i was working a story and called a police station. He answered & remembered. “I’ve always wondered how you were doing. Glad you’re ok.” — PolitiTweet.org