Sunday, March 27, 2011

An essay about Newt Gingrich, and the issue of seriousness, from the conservative Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby

Jacoby writes, of Gingrich:  "For someone who holds himself out as a public intellectual, Gingrich comes across all too often as more glib than thoughtful — more interested in joining the fray than in expressing carefully worked-out ideas."

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/03/27/gingrich_vs_gingrich/