February 22, 2013 12:57PM 

# Why Arne Duncan Should Grow a Beard 

By [Andrew J. Coulson](https://www.cato.org/people/andrew-coulson) 

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If U.S. education secretary Arne Duncan is going to talk as if he’s from an alternate universe, shouldn’t he have to grow a beard like Spock from the classic *Star Trek* episode “[Mirror, Mirror](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror,_Mirror_(Star_Trek))”?

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[Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) 

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