Perhaps, on the surface, one doesn’t automatically associate the names Joan Didion and Gavin Newsom. Oh sure, they’re both from California and proud to be (well, Didion ultimately seemed prouder of living in New York). And they both have long-standing roots in the state that go back generations (Didion a “fifth-generation” Californian and Newsom a “fourth-generation” one). This being the mark of a “real” Californian … Continue reading The Joan Didion-esque Nature of Gavin Newsom’s Young Man in a Hurry