Books
Apollo, The Race to the Moon
– Video with Catherine Cox, "Apollo, The Race to the Moon," CSPAN, July 20 1989.In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, authors Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox discussed their recent book, Apollo, The Race to the Moon. Rather… More
The Local Angle: Giving Meaning to Freedom
– Reason, October 1993.Excerpt: Twenty-five years ago, in May of 1968, where were you? Some days, I was in Northeast Thailand, along the banks of the Mekong River, where in the evenings I would sit on the porch… More
The Murray Manifesto
– Daniel Casse, Weekly Standard, January 20, 1997.Excerpt: Charles Murray, the author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, two of the most-discussed books of the last 15 years, has taken on the task of presenting a more sober, respectable… More
What It Means to Be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation
– (New York: Broadway Books, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Charles Murray believes that America’s founders had it right—strict limits on the power of the central government and strict protection of the individual are… More
A Libertarian Looks at Human Accomplishment in the Arts and Sciences
– Libertarianism.org, October 1, 2003.Excerpt: Six years ago, for reasons unknown, it popped into my head that a cool title for a book would be An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Human Accomplishment. My immodest idea was… More
The Check Is In the Mail
– Lawrence M. Mead, First Things, October 2006.Excerpt: Toward the end of In Our Hands, Murray makes clear that his priority is not really to overcome the dysfunctions behind poverty. Rather, it is to restore the small-government… More
The GOP’s Bad Bet
– New York Times, October 19, 2006.Excerpt: LAST week President Bush signed a law that will try to impede online gambling by prohibiting American banks from transferring money to gambling sites. Most Americans probably… More
The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
– Video, panel at the Cato Institute, October 24, 2011.Summary: Featuring the Editor in Chief of The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, Ronald Hamowy, with comments by Charles Murray and William Galston. Moderated by Jason Kuznicki, Research… More
The Trouble Isn’t Liberals. It’s Progressives
– Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2014.Excerpt: Social conservatives. Libertarians. Country-club conservatives. Tea party conservatives. Everybody in politics knows that those sets of people who usually vote Republican cannot be… More
By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission
– (New York: Crown Forum, 2015.)Summary from the Publisher: American freedom is being gutted. Whether we are trying to run a business, practice a vocation, raise our families, cooperate with our neighbors, or follow our… More
Our Corrupt Government by Christopher DeMuth
– Christopher DeMuth, Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2015.Excerpt: Charles Murray’s By the People takes Madisonian decline in a different direction. Its title, of course, is from the poetic invocation of republican government at the crescendo of… More
Essays
Apollo, The Race to the Moon
– Video with Catherine Cox, "Apollo, The Race to the Moon," CSPAN, July 20 1989.In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, authors Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox discussed their recent book, Apollo, The Race to the Moon. Rather… More
The Local Angle: Giving Meaning to Freedom
– Reason, October 1993.Excerpt: Twenty-five years ago, in May of 1968, where were you? Some days, I was in Northeast Thailand, along the banks of the Mekong River, where in the evenings I would sit on the porch… More
The Murray Manifesto
– Daniel Casse, Weekly Standard, January 20, 1997.Excerpt: Charles Murray, the author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, two of the most-discussed books of the last 15 years, has taken on the task of presenting a more sober, respectable… More
What It Means to Be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation
– (New York: Broadway Books, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Charles Murray believes that America’s founders had it right—strict limits on the power of the central government and strict protection of the individual are… More
A Libertarian Looks at Human Accomplishment in the Arts and Sciences
– Libertarianism.org, October 1, 2003.Excerpt: Six years ago, for reasons unknown, it popped into my head that a cool title for a book would be An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Human Accomplishment. My immodest idea was… More
The Check Is In the Mail
– Lawrence M. Mead, First Things, October 2006.Excerpt: Toward the end of In Our Hands, Murray makes clear that his priority is not really to overcome the dysfunctions behind poverty. Rather, it is to restore the small-government… More
The GOP’s Bad Bet
– New York Times, October 19, 2006.Excerpt: LAST week President Bush signed a law that will try to impede online gambling by prohibiting American banks from transferring money to gambling sites. Most Americans probably… More
The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
– Video, panel at the Cato Institute, October 24, 2011.Summary: Featuring the Editor in Chief of The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, Ronald Hamowy, with comments by Charles Murray and William Galston. Moderated by Jason Kuznicki, Research… More
The Trouble Isn’t Liberals. It’s Progressives
– Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2014.Excerpt: Social conservatives. Libertarians. Country-club conservatives. Tea party conservatives. Everybody in politics knows that those sets of people who usually vote Republican cannot be… More
By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission
– (New York: Crown Forum, 2015.)Summary from the Publisher: American freedom is being gutted. Whether we are trying to run a business, practice a vocation, raise our families, cooperate with our neighbors, or follow our… More
Our Corrupt Government by Christopher DeMuth
– Christopher DeMuth, Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2015.Excerpt: Charles Murray’s By the People takes Madisonian decline in a different direction. Its title, of course, is from the poetic invocation of republican government at the crescendo of… More
Commentary
Apollo, The Race to the Moon
– Video with Catherine Cox, "Apollo, The Race to the Moon," CSPAN, July 20 1989.In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, authors Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox discussed their recent book, Apollo, The Race to the Moon. Rather… More
The Local Angle: Giving Meaning to Freedom
– Reason, October 1993.Excerpt: Twenty-five years ago, in May of 1968, where were you? Some days, I was in Northeast Thailand, along the banks of the Mekong River, where in the evenings I would sit on the porch… More
The Murray Manifesto
– Daniel Casse, Weekly Standard, January 20, 1997.Excerpt: Charles Murray, the author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, two of the most-discussed books of the last 15 years, has taken on the task of presenting a more sober, respectable… More
What It Means to Be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation
– (New York: Broadway Books, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Charles Murray believes that America’s founders had it right—strict limits on the power of the central government and strict protection of the individual are… More
A Libertarian Looks at Human Accomplishment in the Arts and Sciences
– Libertarianism.org, October 1, 2003.Excerpt: Six years ago, for reasons unknown, it popped into my head that a cool title for a book would be An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Human Accomplishment. My immodest idea was… More
The Check Is In the Mail
– Lawrence M. Mead, First Things, October 2006.Excerpt: Toward the end of In Our Hands, Murray makes clear that his priority is not really to overcome the dysfunctions behind poverty. Rather, it is to restore the small-government… More
The GOP’s Bad Bet
– New York Times, October 19, 2006.Excerpt: LAST week President Bush signed a law that will try to impede online gambling by prohibiting American banks from transferring money to gambling sites. Most Americans probably… More
The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
– Video, panel at the Cato Institute, October 24, 2011.Summary: Featuring the Editor in Chief of The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, Ronald Hamowy, with comments by Charles Murray and William Galston. Moderated by Jason Kuznicki, Research… More
The Trouble Isn’t Liberals. It’s Progressives
– Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2014.Excerpt: Social conservatives. Libertarians. Country-club conservatives. Tea party conservatives. Everybody in politics knows that those sets of people who usually vote Republican cannot be… More
By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission
– (New York: Crown Forum, 2015.)Summary from the Publisher: American freedom is being gutted. Whether we are trying to run a business, practice a vocation, raise our families, cooperate with our neighbors, or follow our… More
Our Corrupt Government by Christopher DeMuth
– Christopher DeMuth, Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2015.Excerpt: Charles Murray’s By the People takes Madisonian decline in a different direction. Its title, of course, is from the poetic invocation of republican government at the crescendo of… More
Multimedia
Apollo, The Race to the Moon
– Video with Catherine Cox, "Apollo, The Race to the Moon," CSPAN, July 20 1989.In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, authors Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox discussed their recent book, Apollo, The Race to the Moon. Rather… More
The Local Angle: Giving Meaning to Freedom
– Reason, October 1993.Excerpt: Twenty-five years ago, in May of 1968, where were you? Some days, I was in Northeast Thailand, along the banks of the Mekong River, where in the evenings I would sit on the porch… More
The Murray Manifesto
– Daniel Casse, Weekly Standard, January 20, 1997.Excerpt: Charles Murray, the author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, two of the most-discussed books of the last 15 years, has taken on the task of presenting a more sober, respectable… More
What It Means to Be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation
– (New York: Broadway Books, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Charles Murray believes that America’s founders had it right—strict limits on the power of the central government and strict protection of the individual are… More
A Libertarian Looks at Human Accomplishment in the Arts and Sciences
– Libertarianism.org, October 1, 2003.Excerpt: Six years ago, for reasons unknown, it popped into my head that a cool title for a book would be An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Human Accomplishment. My immodest idea was… More
The Check Is In the Mail
– Lawrence M. Mead, First Things, October 2006.Excerpt: Toward the end of In Our Hands, Murray makes clear that his priority is not really to overcome the dysfunctions behind poverty. Rather, it is to restore the small-government… More
The GOP’s Bad Bet
– New York Times, October 19, 2006.Excerpt: LAST week President Bush signed a law that will try to impede online gambling by prohibiting American banks from transferring money to gambling sites. Most Americans probably… More
The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
– Video, panel at the Cato Institute, October 24, 2011.Summary: Featuring the Editor in Chief of The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, Ronald Hamowy, with comments by Charles Murray and William Galston. Moderated by Jason Kuznicki, Research… More
The Trouble Isn’t Liberals. It’s Progressives
– Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2014.Excerpt: Social conservatives. Libertarians. Country-club conservatives. Tea party conservatives. Everybody in politics knows that those sets of people who usually vote Republican cannot be… More
By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission
– (New York: Crown Forum, 2015.)Summary from the Publisher: American freedom is being gutted. Whether we are trying to run a business, practice a vocation, raise our families, cooperate with our neighbors, or follow our… More
Our Corrupt Government by Christopher DeMuth
– Christopher DeMuth, Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2015.Excerpt: Charles Murray’s By the People takes Madisonian decline in a different direction. Its title, of course, is from the poetic invocation of republican government at the crescendo of… More
Teaching
Apollo, The Race to the Moon
– Video with Catherine Cox, "Apollo, The Race to the Moon," CSPAN, July 20 1989.In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, authors Charles Murray and Catherine Bly Cox discussed their recent book, Apollo, The Race to the Moon. Rather… More
The Local Angle: Giving Meaning to Freedom
– Reason, October 1993.Excerpt: Twenty-five years ago, in May of 1968, where were you? Some days, I was in Northeast Thailand, along the banks of the Mekong River, where in the evenings I would sit on the porch… More
The Murray Manifesto
– Daniel Casse, Weekly Standard, January 20, 1997.Excerpt: Charles Murray, the author of Losing Ground and The Bell Curve, two of the most-discussed books of the last 15 years, has taken on the task of presenting a more sober, respectable… More
What It Means to Be a Libertarian: A Personal Interpretation
– (New York: Broadway Books, 1997.)Summary from Publisher: Charles Murray believes that America’s founders had it right—strict limits on the power of the central government and strict protection of the individual are… More
A Libertarian Looks at Human Accomplishment in the Arts and Sciences
– Libertarianism.org, October 1, 2003.Excerpt: Six years ago, for reasons unknown, it popped into my head that a cool title for a book would be An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Human Accomplishment. My immodest idea was… More
The Check Is In the Mail
– Lawrence M. Mead, First Things, October 2006.Excerpt: Toward the end of In Our Hands, Murray makes clear that his priority is not really to overcome the dysfunctions behind poverty. Rather, it is to restore the small-government… More
The GOP’s Bad Bet
– New York Times, October 19, 2006.Excerpt: LAST week President Bush signed a law that will try to impede online gambling by prohibiting American banks from transferring money to gambling sites. Most Americans probably… More
The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism
– Video, panel at the Cato Institute, October 24, 2011.Summary: Featuring the Editor in Chief of The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, Ronald Hamowy, with comments by Charles Murray and William Galston. Moderated by Jason Kuznicki, Research… More
The Trouble Isn’t Liberals. It’s Progressives
– Wall Street Journal, July 1, 2014.Excerpt: Social conservatives. Libertarians. Country-club conservatives. Tea party conservatives. Everybody in politics knows that those sets of people who usually vote Republican cannot be… More
By the People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission
– (New York: Crown Forum, 2015.)Summary from the Publisher: American freedom is being gutted. Whether we are trying to run a business, practice a vocation, raise our families, cooperate with our neighbors, or follow our… More
Our Corrupt Government by Christopher DeMuth
– Christopher DeMuth, Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2015.Excerpt: Charles Murray’s By the People takes Madisonian decline in a different direction. Its title, of course, is from the poetic invocation of republican government at the crescendo of… More