The Gateway Objectivist 

The monthly newsletter of the Gateway Objectivists, St. Louis, Missouri 

September 2002

Vol. 10, No. 9 Newsletter Editor:  Jon Litton

September Meeting:
“In Defense of Abraham Lincoln”

At our September meeting, GO member Jeff Kiviat will present a lecture entitled “In Defense of Abraham Lincoln.” Lincoln has been attacked by libertarians from H.L. Mencken to Walter Williams, and most recently by the neo-confederate libertarians associated with LewRockwell.com. These attacks have now culminated in a book-length treatment by Thomas DiLorenzo, a senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Among other things, DiLorenzo portrays Lincoln as a racist who was primarily interested in centralizing power in the federal government. Can this be true? Jeff will examine these allegations at the next meeting.

You can read more about DiLorenzo at http://www.mises.org/fellows_list.asp.

Join us on Saturday, August 17, at 8 p.m. at the home of Joy & Jeff Kiviat to watch this highly anticipated debate. Call (314) 469-2723 for directions.

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