(Isolationism' is the pejorative term. But it is also a reasonable word for the policy adopted by the United States during the first century of its existence. A less pejorative term is 'Republicanism.' Jerry Pournelle is a science fiction novelist and computer writer....

Newt Gingrich is a fan of futurologists John Naisbitt and Alvin Toffler, both of whom see the future as dominated by international corporations that rely heavily on satellite and computer technologies. In addition, Gingrich reads science fiction writers who are in the Robert Heinlein...