Oh… I’m sorry. Obama is the savior now. Either way I recommend taking some time and reading up on the real Abraham Lincoln, the man we didn’t read about in grade school.

LewRockwell.com’s King Lincoln Archive

In no particular order of importance a select few.

• Lord Acton Writes to Robert E. Lee
  The great classical liberal was, of course, pro-Confederacy. And see Lee’s prediction of the course of the US government after Lincoln’s conquest.
• The Great Centralizer
  George Crispin on Abe’s real legacy.
• Happy Birthday, Abe
  You son of a b____. Card from Karen De Coster.
• Six Myths About Lincoln
  Thomas DiLorenzo explodes them.
• Abeolony
  Thomas DiLorenzo on fake Lincoln quotes.
• Happy Dictator Day
  Thomas DiLorenzo on Lincoln.
• Lincoln Libertarians
  Further tales of what Murray Rothbard called “big-government libertarians.” Article by Stephan Kinsella. And see Thomas DiLorenzo on The Real Lincoln.
• The Truth About the ‘Civil War’
  The worst disaster for liberty in our history.

Related posts:

1. Thomas DiLorenzo on C-Span Q & A
2. Glorifying a tyrant: US penny to be redone, commemorative silver dollar to be released
3. Intellectual monopoly turns 300, long past its prime
4. The Original Liberal on a “Second Lincoln”
5. How appropriate: Obama to use same Bible as Lincoln to be sworn into office

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