As cap-and-trade evangelist, Gov. Brown shows he`s the most effective politician Sacramento has seen in a long time
(LA Times Dodgers)

`He´s single-minded like a bull,` said a close friend of Gov. Jerry Brown. That was more than 42 years ago. Another Times reporter and I had tracked down friends and relatives of Brown, looking for some insight into the young man about to be inaugurated California governor for the first time. The...