Most of my online time today (well, yesterday at this point) was spent brushing up on Lincoln stuff. Lots of it. It so happens that Lincoln is my whole touchstone for what I am today in the libertarian sense. It was essentially discovery of the Lincoln myth in 1990 or so that got things rolling for me. Everything followed from there. Without that, I'd be watching Fox News every day, preening after talking-head liars like Kristol, Hannity, and O'Reilly, generally making myself fit the inner automaton regurgitating memorex that typifies just about everyone else who stoops to that. More on all that, later: once I get all my bits & pieces in a row. In the meantime, I came across an interesting Murray Rothbard essay (there's a brief mention on Lincoln), Frank S. Meyer: The Fusionist as Libertarian Manqué. It's an excellent read from the perspective of sorting out some of the distinctions between certain types of libertarians. (Note: when I write "libertarian," or even "Libertarian," I am never, ever writing about the great contradiction: "The Libertarian Party.") Section II covers Frank Meyer's position on freedom and if you read nothing else, read section II (it's short). Here's an excerpt:...