Eric Alterman writes in The Nation that after the former speaker gave his speech on reforming the State Department, “[c]onservative pundits Frank Gaffney and Ramesh Ponnuru wrote columns praising Gingrich’s remarks in National Review, joining his attack on Colin Powell. . .” Not so. I wrote an article critical of Powell that appeared before Gingrich’s speech. I haven’t commented on Gingrich’s speech at all, beyond noting that Jack Kemp had criticized both the speech and my article. For the record, I agreed with a lot of its content but think that it was counterproductive.