Lerone Bennett, Jr., R.I.P.
March 3, 2018
Renowned Lincoln critic Lerone Bennett, Jr., a longtime editor of Ebony magazine, has passed away. His outstanding book, Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln’s White Dream, was largely ignored by the Lincoln Cult. It was sneered at by the likes of James McPherson who once psycho-babbled that Bennett “failed” to realize the supposed genius of reinterpretations of Lincoln’s behavior by people like James McPherson. The book is worth reading just for how Bennett demolishes the deceitful and nonsensical blather of these self-described “Lincoln scholars.” Rest in peace, Mr. Bennett.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
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