This conservative parody of Primary Colors'Äîthe roman a clef about a presidential scandal'Äîno longer sounds so outrageous given America'Äôs current political absurdities. Harry Beltway, the idealistic grandson of a famous evangelist, has just come back from a missionary tour when he is persuaded to join the campaign staff of Tim Duncannon, an arch-conservative television commentator. Duncannon has set his sights on the presidency, so that he can build a barbed wire fence around the Unite...

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich continues to be a polarizing figure in America. But fear not! The coauthor of Contract with America is always good for another tale or two, regaling youngsters with "The Three Little Pigs and the Perils of Subsidized Housing," "Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling," and "Hillary the Snow Queen—to name just a few. These rehabilitated "classics" and many more would be required bedtime reading under the regime of President Gingrich—or "Uncle Newt...