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Thursday, January 26, 2012

President Moonbeam. « Fred Klonsky

President Moonbeam. « Fred Klonsky:

President Moonbeam.

It was the old Chicago columnist Mike Royko who back in the day called California Governor Jerry Brown, “Governor Moonbeam.” That was when Brown was serving his first terms as governor, sleeping on a mattress on the floor, doing yoga and dating Linda Ronstadt.

Of course, I was doing those things too. Except for the yoga and Linda Ronstadt.

These days Brown’s statements about schools and testing make him sound positively grounded compared to Newt Gingrich and Willard Mitt Romney.

Frankly, it makes Brown seem positively grounded compared to Education Secretary Arne Duncan and