Gov. Gavin Newsom has been ridiculed for delivering a wildly rambling response when asked a straightforward question about his brand of politics — invoking MLK Jr., Gandhi and the “spirit of the ’60s.

NEW DELHI — This year, we mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. A person’s ideas and actions can only be judged by seeing their role over the course of world history. Even as we ...