Reid, a Classics major at Princeton University, served as a naval officer, taught, and held various positions before working for The Washington Post.

Together, they created the fictitious high school student Joseph David Oznot, who applied for, and gained admission to Princeton.

[9] In 2004, Reid published an analysis of the European Community, The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and The End of American Supremacy.

[10] In his book, which was written before the Greek government-debt crisis, Great Britain's exit from the EU, the rejection of the European Constitution by France and Holland, and the re-introduction of temporary border controls during the COVID-19 pandemic by some EU member states, Reid postulated that the European Community was emerging as a united superpower rivaling the political and economic power of the United States.

And then Colorado will lead our great nation to a destination we should have achieved long ago: high-quality health care, at reasonable cost, for every American."

T. R. Reid's latest book, A Fine Mess: A Global Quest for a Simpler, Fairer, and More Efficient Tax System, was published on April 15, 2017.