Jerry Brown: Zen Mind, Government Mind, and the Tao of Budget Deficits

From the Opinionator column in the N.Y. Times, Timothy Egan writes about Governor-elect Jerry Brown, who, after triumphing over a GOP candidate who spent a record amount of personal wealth only to lose, and the daunting challenge Brown faces to turnaround the huge budget deficits that threaten the Great State of California,  and how the "Zen Mind" and senior citizen status of this quintessential California politician may be just the ticket to accomplish that:

"During the greed-is-good era of the late 1980s, Brown found himself ministering to the sick and dying at Mother Teresa’s hospice in Calcutta."

"...Also, unlike Schwarzenegger, Brown is not dyeing what little hair he has left or pumping up his pecs to impress the babes. California needs someone to act his age, and Brown has settled into his senior years without illusions."


“We need someone with insider’s knowledge,” Brown said, with Zen clarity, “but an outsider’s mind.”




Full article by Timothy Egan here