What I am Reading

I have just finished New Deal or Raw Deal by Burton Folsom, Jr. If the title does not provide a clue as to where the author stands, look at the subtiitle: "How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America." Folsom could be called a Conservative Revisionist and the historical view of the New Deal is in need of some revising. He portrays FDR in a more negative light than Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. or William Leuchtenberg but does not go to the extreme of a John Flynn or Charles Beard. Folsom is a more enjoyable author to read than Thomas DiLorenzo (another Conservative Revisionist). DiLorenzo portrays his subjects (Lincoln, Hamilton) as evil. Folsom is more evenhanded. In his writing, Folsom brings in opposing viewpoints without automatically labelling them "Far Left".