Herb London reviews Rich Lowry's Important Lincoln Book in The Weekly Standard

From Herb London's Weekly Standard review of Rich Lowry's new book on Abraham Lincoln: 

Historical bodysnatchers like Mario Cuomo have converted Lincoln into a Big Government redistributionist. But this is far from the real Lincoln. He was a Whig who believed there was a place for government in mobilizing national energies to inspire prosperity. He admired Henry Clay, who championed the “American system”—banks, tariffs, and infrastructure—in order to protect infant industries, provide sound credit for investors, and energize the potential strength of the economy.

Note the "I" word: Infrastructure.

And the subhed of the review makes an important point: "A voice from the past articulates the future." That's a reminder: All political struggles take place in three time-phases: Past, Present, and Future. Lowry's book illuminates a vital but neglected aspect of our economic and political past, and hopefully, learning from that past will guide us to better policies in the present, and a better life in the future.