Tag: Human Accomplishment

Books

Measuring Achievement: The West and the Rest

The Public Interest, Summer 2003.
Excerpt: Eurocentrism has in recent years joined racism and sexism as one of the postmodern mortal sins. The Left’s fight against Eurocentrism explains why students in elementary school… More

Accomplishment on High

American Enterprise, October/November 2003.
Excerpt: At rare times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. They have discovered truths about the way the universe works, written words that illuminate the… More

Well, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

New York Times, November 30, 2003.
Excerpt: “BUT what are the worst accomplishments?” the interviewer asked. We had been discussing great accomplishments in the arts and sciences, a subject on which I’ve… More

Of Human Accomplishment

– Denis Dutton, The New Criterion, February 2004.
Excerpt: Readers familiar with Charles Murray’s work (Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life) know that he… More

Why Tiger Won’t Catch Jack

The American, July 22, 2010.
Excerpt: Predicting that Tiger Woods can win five more majors assumes that nothing has significantly degraded the freakish combination required for extreme accomplishment. That assumption… More

Interview with Charles Murray

– David Kelley, The Atlas Society, August 5, 2010.
Excerpt: Kelley: Let’s begin by talking a little about the method and procedure of Human Accomplishment. You employ a method, which you explain very clearly, of measuring… More

Future Tense, IX: Out of the Wilderness

The New Criterion, May 2012.
Excerpt: Upon reading Daniel Boorstin’s The Discoverers many years ago, I became fascinated with the ebbs and flows of human achievement, and especially those points in world history that… More

Does America Still Have What It Takes?

Mosaic, April 2014.
Excerpt: Some years ago, I conducted an ambitious research project to document and explain patterns of human accomplishment across time and cultures. My research took me from 800 BCE, when… More

Essays

Measuring Achievement: The West and the Rest

The Public Interest, Summer 2003.
Excerpt: Eurocentrism has in recent years joined racism and sexism as one of the postmodern mortal sins. The Left’s fight against Eurocentrism explains why students in elementary school… More

Accomplishment on High

American Enterprise, October/November 2003.
Excerpt: At rare times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. They have discovered truths about the way the universe works, written words that illuminate the… More

Well, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

New York Times, November 30, 2003.
Excerpt: “BUT what are the worst accomplishments?” the interviewer asked. We had been discussing great accomplishments in the arts and sciences, a subject on which I’ve… More

Of Human Accomplishment

– Denis Dutton, The New Criterion, February 2004.
Excerpt: Readers familiar with Charles Murray’s work (Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life) know that he… More

Why Tiger Won’t Catch Jack

The American, July 22, 2010.
Excerpt: Predicting that Tiger Woods can win five more majors assumes that nothing has significantly degraded the freakish combination required for extreme accomplishment. That assumption… More

Interview with Charles Murray

– David Kelley, The Atlas Society, August 5, 2010.
Excerpt: Kelley: Let’s begin by talking a little about the method and procedure of Human Accomplishment. You employ a method, which you explain very clearly, of measuring… More

Future Tense, IX: Out of the Wilderness

The New Criterion, May 2012.
Excerpt: Upon reading Daniel Boorstin’s The Discoverers many years ago, I became fascinated with the ebbs and flows of human achievement, and especially those points in world history that… More

Does America Still Have What It Takes?

Mosaic, April 2014.
Excerpt: Some years ago, I conducted an ambitious research project to document and explain patterns of human accomplishment across time and cultures. My research took me from 800 BCE, when… More

Commentary

Measuring Achievement: The West and the Rest

The Public Interest, Summer 2003.
Excerpt: Eurocentrism has in recent years joined racism and sexism as one of the postmodern mortal sins. The Left’s fight against Eurocentrism explains why students in elementary school… More

Accomplishment on High

American Enterprise, October/November 2003.
Excerpt: At rare times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. They have discovered truths about the way the universe works, written words that illuminate the… More

Well, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

New York Times, November 30, 2003.
Excerpt: “BUT what are the worst accomplishments?” the interviewer asked. We had been discussing great accomplishments in the arts and sciences, a subject on which I’ve… More

Of Human Accomplishment

– Denis Dutton, The New Criterion, February 2004.
Excerpt: Readers familiar with Charles Murray’s work (Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life) know that he… More

Why Tiger Won’t Catch Jack

The American, July 22, 2010.
Excerpt: Predicting that Tiger Woods can win five more majors assumes that nothing has significantly degraded the freakish combination required for extreme accomplishment. That assumption… More

Interview with Charles Murray

– David Kelley, The Atlas Society, August 5, 2010.
Excerpt: Kelley: Let’s begin by talking a little about the method and procedure of Human Accomplishment. You employ a method, which you explain very clearly, of measuring… More

Future Tense, IX: Out of the Wilderness

The New Criterion, May 2012.
Excerpt: Upon reading Daniel Boorstin’s The Discoverers many years ago, I became fascinated with the ebbs and flows of human achievement, and especially those points in world history that… More

Does America Still Have What It Takes?

Mosaic, April 2014.
Excerpt: Some years ago, I conducted an ambitious research project to document and explain patterns of human accomplishment across time and cultures. My research took me from 800 BCE, when… More

Multimedia

Measuring Achievement: The West and the Rest

The Public Interest, Summer 2003.
Excerpt: Eurocentrism has in recent years joined racism and sexism as one of the postmodern mortal sins. The Left’s fight against Eurocentrism explains why students in elementary school… More

Accomplishment on High

American Enterprise, October/November 2003.
Excerpt: At rare times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. They have discovered truths about the way the universe works, written words that illuminate the… More

Well, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

New York Times, November 30, 2003.
Excerpt: “BUT what are the worst accomplishments?” the interviewer asked. We had been discussing great accomplishments in the arts and sciences, a subject on which I’ve… More

Of Human Accomplishment

– Denis Dutton, The New Criterion, February 2004.
Excerpt: Readers familiar with Charles Murray’s work (Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life) know that he… More

Why Tiger Won’t Catch Jack

The American, July 22, 2010.
Excerpt: Predicting that Tiger Woods can win five more majors assumes that nothing has significantly degraded the freakish combination required for extreme accomplishment. That assumption… More

Interview with Charles Murray

– David Kelley, The Atlas Society, August 5, 2010.
Excerpt: Kelley: Let’s begin by talking a little about the method and procedure of Human Accomplishment. You employ a method, which you explain very clearly, of measuring… More

Future Tense, IX: Out of the Wilderness

The New Criterion, May 2012.
Excerpt: Upon reading Daniel Boorstin’s The Discoverers many years ago, I became fascinated with the ebbs and flows of human achievement, and especially those points in world history that… More

Does America Still Have What It Takes?

Mosaic, April 2014.
Excerpt: Some years ago, I conducted an ambitious research project to document and explain patterns of human accomplishment across time and cultures. My research took me from 800 BCE, when… More

Teaching

Measuring Achievement: The West and the Rest

The Public Interest, Summer 2003.
Excerpt: Eurocentrism has in recent years joined racism and sexism as one of the postmodern mortal sins. The Left’s fight against Eurocentrism explains why students in elementary school… More

Accomplishment on High

American Enterprise, October/November 2003.
Excerpt: At rare times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. They have discovered truths about the way the universe works, written words that illuminate the… More

Well, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

New York Times, November 30, 2003.
Excerpt: “BUT what are the worst accomplishments?” the interviewer asked. We had been discussing great accomplishments in the arts and sciences, a subject on which I’ve… More

Of Human Accomplishment

– Denis Dutton, The New Criterion, February 2004.
Excerpt: Readers familiar with Charles Murray’s work (Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950–1980, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life) know that he… More

Why Tiger Won’t Catch Jack

The American, July 22, 2010.
Excerpt: Predicting that Tiger Woods can win five more majors assumes that nothing has significantly degraded the freakish combination required for extreme accomplishment. That assumption… More

Interview with Charles Murray

– David Kelley, The Atlas Society, August 5, 2010.
Excerpt: Kelley: Let’s begin by talking a little about the method and procedure of Human Accomplishment. You employ a method, which you explain very clearly, of measuring… More

Future Tense, IX: Out of the Wilderness

The New Criterion, May 2012.
Excerpt: Upon reading Daniel Boorstin’s The Discoverers many years ago, I became fascinated with the ebbs and flows of human achievement, and especially those points in world history that… More

Does America Still Have What It Takes?

Mosaic, April 2014.
Excerpt: Some years ago, I conducted an ambitious research project to document and explain patterns of human accomplishment across time and cultures. My research took me from 800 BCE, when… More