The Book of the Shadows

I can’t say that I like Newt Gingrich. His politics and mine do not align. I think he holds a lot of responsibility for the corrosive strain of conservatism that dominates the Republican Party right now. But during the 2012 Republican primaries, I think he got a bad rap for an actual decent idea.

I waned to wait before weighing in on this matter. I wanted to let certain people speak, and hear what it was they wanted to say. The president was the last person I wanted to hear speak. He spoke movingly on Friday afternoon, a little before two in the afternoon. So here's my take on the case and its aftermath.