GINGRICH CLASS STARTS OUT WITH FOREGONE CONCLUSIONS.(MAIN)

Byline: MAURITZ JOHNSON ALBANY

Whether Newt Gingrich violated any House Rules or Federal Laws in financing his so-called American History course is for the Special Counsel of the House Ethics Committee to determine, but I believe that the faculty at any of our Capital Region institutions of higher education (and no doubt their students and alumni, as well) could pass on the scholarly merits of the course.

The course description lists three assumptions on which it is based. All of …