'This past week, Dr. Lisa Grreenwald hosted a talk on Thursday afternoon with the Stuyvesant Spectator Opinions Department for a discussion with Professor Julian Zelizer. Professor Zelizer teaches Political History at Princeton University and is a frequent contributor on CNN. He has authored over 10 books, the most recent of which, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party, was the primary subject of the discussion. The book, which details the ascent of Speaker Newt Gingrich and his scorched earth partisan politics that now dominates the Republican party, could not be more relevant today.
