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Future Tense

Gingrich's circuits sometimes misfire, but at least he's wired into the future.

Reason , March 1995

I first met Newt Gingrich in 1983 at the World Science Fiction Convention in Baltimore. He was the only member of Congress who thought the WorldCon worth addressing. I was the only representative of the national media, specifically of The Wall Street Journal, who thought his speech worth covering