Assignment
Part 1:
After reading the article carefully, please answer the following questions in your initial post for this week.
1. How does McDonald view Brown's combination of idealism and practicality? Are there examples of this combination of values in earlier parts of Brown's political career as described by Rawls? Where?
2. Is this essay sympathetic to its subject? List several reasons for your assessment, quoting directly from the article.
3. In what way might Brown be seen as a peculiar (i.e. unique?) product of the Golden State? How does he compare with other key political figures in the state's history -- 3,such as Hiram Johnson and Earl Warren? Discuss this at some length.