Strengthening Constitutional Self-Government

No Left Turns

Lincoln revisionism

Thomas Hibbs and his three children visited Ford’s Theatre and discovered that--according to the guide--the good guy was the bad guy and the bad guy becomes the good guy. This is vulgar revisionist history, it is awful, and Hibbs is not amused. I’m mortified. Hibbs (philosophy, Boston College) is a thoughtful fellow. Click on his name for his web site.

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