Pat Brown was praised as a great governor on infrastructure. Unfortunately, no one was thinking about ecological principles then. We dewatered rivers and harmed the environment. This time around, we must do a better job because we're a lot smarter than we were 40 years ago.

If it's two new reservoirs, we'd be alarmed. We believe water conservation is the way to go.

Her record, year after year, is dismal on the environment.

The central claim of the book is that effective analytic designs entail turning thinking principles into seeing principles.

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads.

I wonder which one YOU are.

I pragmatically turn my whims into principles!

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.