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Newt Gingrich

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Newt Gingrich, a Republican, served as House speaker from 1995 to 1999 and ran as a presidential candidate in 2012. He is an adviser to the Center for Union Facts.

Columns by Newt Gingrich

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NEWT GINGRICH: Rediscovering God in America

America's most iconic author, Mark Twain, once observed that "it ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." And in the United States, our secular academic elite has taught two generations of Americans to know a lot of things for sure that fall into that latter category -- they just aren't so.

May 17, 2016
In this Wednesday, April 27, 2016 photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives a thumbs up after giving a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. He's become one of the most closely scrutinized people on Earth, but until this week nobody really knew what policies and actions Trump would pursue for the world at large if he elected president. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

NEWT GINGRICH: Donald Trump’s foreign policy of putting America first

The day after Donald Trump carried every county in five states (a remarkable achievement), he gave his first major foreign policy and national security speech to the Center for the National Interest. It was a substantive speech to a serious foreign policy and national security organization.

April 28, 2016
Daniel Berger hits from a bunker on the second hole during the second round of the Masters golf tournament Friday, April 8, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

NEWT GINGRICH: The Masters an event unlike any other

What was most impressive and surprising about the Masters was that the event is about so much more than golf. From the pimento cheese sandwiches to the peach ice cream sandwiches (both tributes to the tournament's location in Georgia), there are more experiences than you can imagine. There is also an amazing amount of history at the Masters.

April 13, 2016
Belgium police stand guard during an investigation in a house in the Anderlecht neighborhood in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, March 23, 2016, one day after Tuesday's deadly suicide attacks on the Brussels airport and its subway system. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

NEWT GINGRICH: Thoughts on the Brussels attack

Hours after the horrific terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday, a correspondent on one of the American cable networks remarked that ordinary Belgians were predicting grimly that security would be very tight that day--and that the next day, it would return to the same casual mediocrity that had failed to stop the attack in the first place.

March 23, 2016
Troubles at the VA cost former Secretary Eric K. Shinseki his post this spring. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

NEWT GINGRICH: Obama lets the Phoenix VA scandal drag on

700 days. That's roughly how long it has taken the Department of Veterans Affairs to seek the firing of three senior officials at the Phoenix VA who oversaw the systematic falsification of wait times for appointments. And that's how long they could continue to receive full pay before the VA actually succeeds in firing them.

March 21, 2016

NEWT GINGRICH: Help Georgia make the right choice

Throughout our history, American innovators have used their freedom to improve the lives of their fellow citizens - making us healthier, happier, and more prosperous. But resistance to change naturally comes from those who see anything new as a threat to the old way of doing things.

March 10, 2016
Illustration in appreciation of Nancy Reagan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

NEWT GINGRICH: Nancy: Our remembrance

Callista and I were sorry to learn of the passing of Nancy Reagan on Sunday. We will miss her supportive and welcoming presence at the Reagan Presidential Library, but are comforted to know that she will once again be reunited with her beloved Ronnie.

March 8, 2016
Republican presidential candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Friday, March 4, 2016, in National Harbor, Md. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

NEWT GINGRICH: John Kasich’s moment

Thursday night's debate in Detroit became Ohio Gov. John Kasich's moment. In Frank Luntz's focus group, 18 of 24 picked Mr. Kasich as the winner.

March 4, 2016