The Lincoln Wars

Noah Millman, on pieces like this one:

I freely admit my partisanship towards the victorious Union cause, but I do not recognize that cause as described by Lincoln’s idolators.

This seems like a particularly fine way of phrasing a sentiment that I happen to share.

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2007/11/the-lincoln-wars/55008/