Books
The Two Wars Against Poverty
– The Public Interest, Fall 1982.Excerpt: Most people, including most scholars, think the War on Poverty began with a formal declaration by Lyndon Johnson in 1964. In a sense this is true, for there was in fact no formal… More
The War on Poverty 1965–1980
– Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1984.Excerpt: No one disputes that poverty exists in America. But how serious is the problem? Who are the poor? Why are they poor? Are there more poor people than there used to be? On such… More
Apollo: The Race to the Moon
– (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.) (with Catherine Bly Cox)Summary from Publisher: Here, for the first time, is the dramatic story of the Apollo space program. Murray and Cox recount how, in fewer than ten years, the men and women behind the scenes… More
The Legacy of the Sixties
– Commentary, July 1992.Excerpt: “Is President Bush hinting that the Peace Corps destroyed the moral fiber of poor people?” asked Albert Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers,… More
The Partial Restoration of Traditional Society
– The Public Interest, Fall 1995.Excerpt: DURING work on The Bell Curve, Richard Herrnstein and I were struck by the way in which the 1950s saw portentous developments that no one noticed at the time. We were focusing… More
American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History
– (Washington: AEI Press, 2013.)Summary from Publisher: The phrase “American exceptionalism” is used in many ways and for many purposes, but its original meaning involved a statement of fact: for the first century… More
Essays
The Two Wars Against Poverty
– The Public Interest, Fall 1982.Excerpt: Most people, including most scholars, think the War on Poverty began with a formal declaration by Lyndon Johnson in 1964. In a sense this is true, for there was in fact no formal… More
The War on Poverty 1965–1980
– Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1984.Excerpt: No one disputes that poverty exists in America. But how serious is the problem? Who are the poor? Why are they poor? Are there more poor people than there used to be? On such… More
Apollo: The Race to the Moon
– (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.) (with Catherine Bly Cox)Summary from Publisher: Here, for the first time, is the dramatic story of the Apollo space program. Murray and Cox recount how, in fewer than ten years, the men and women behind the scenes… More
The Legacy of the Sixties
– Commentary, July 1992.Excerpt: “Is President Bush hinting that the Peace Corps destroyed the moral fiber of poor people?” asked Albert Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers,… More
The Partial Restoration of Traditional Society
– The Public Interest, Fall 1995.Excerpt: DURING work on The Bell Curve, Richard Herrnstein and I were struck by the way in which the 1950s saw portentous developments that no one noticed at the time. We were focusing… More
American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History
– (Washington: AEI Press, 2013.)Summary from Publisher: The phrase “American exceptionalism” is used in many ways and for many purposes, but its original meaning involved a statement of fact: for the first century… More
Commentary
The Two Wars Against Poverty
– The Public Interest, Fall 1982.Excerpt: Most people, including most scholars, think the War on Poverty began with a formal declaration by Lyndon Johnson in 1964. In a sense this is true, for there was in fact no formal… More
The War on Poverty 1965–1980
– Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1984.Excerpt: No one disputes that poverty exists in America. But how serious is the problem? Who are the poor? Why are they poor? Are there more poor people than there used to be? On such… More
Apollo: The Race to the Moon
– (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.) (with Catherine Bly Cox)Summary from Publisher: Here, for the first time, is the dramatic story of the Apollo space program. Murray and Cox recount how, in fewer than ten years, the men and women behind the scenes… More
The Legacy of the Sixties
– Commentary, July 1992.Excerpt: “Is President Bush hinting that the Peace Corps destroyed the moral fiber of poor people?” asked Albert Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers,… More
The Partial Restoration of Traditional Society
– The Public Interest, Fall 1995.Excerpt: DURING work on The Bell Curve, Richard Herrnstein and I were struck by the way in which the 1950s saw portentous developments that no one noticed at the time. We were focusing… More
American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History
– (Washington: AEI Press, 2013.)Summary from Publisher: The phrase “American exceptionalism” is used in many ways and for many purposes, but its original meaning involved a statement of fact: for the first century… More
Multimedia
The Two Wars Against Poverty
– The Public Interest, Fall 1982.Excerpt: Most people, including most scholars, think the War on Poverty began with a formal declaration by Lyndon Johnson in 1964. In a sense this is true, for there was in fact no formal… More
The War on Poverty 1965–1980
– Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1984.Excerpt: No one disputes that poverty exists in America. But how serious is the problem? Who are the poor? Why are they poor? Are there more poor people than there used to be? On such… More
Apollo: The Race to the Moon
– (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.) (with Catherine Bly Cox)Summary from Publisher: Here, for the first time, is the dramatic story of the Apollo space program. Murray and Cox recount how, in fewer than ten years, the men and women behind the scenes… More
The Legacy of the Sixties
– Commentary, July 1992.Excerpt: “Is President Bush hinting that the Peace Corps destroyed the moral fiber of poor people?” asked Albert Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers,… More
The Partial Restoration of Traditional Society
– The Public Interest, Fall 1995.Excerpt: DURING work on The Bell Curve, Richard Herrnstein and I were struck by the way in which the 1950s saw portentous developments that no one noticed at the time. We were focusing… More
American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History
– (Washington: AEI Press, 2013.)Summary from Publisher: The phrase “American exceptionalism” is used in many ways and for many purposes, but its original meaning involved a statement of fact: for the first century… More
Teaching
The Two Wars Against Poverty
– The Public Interest, Fall 1982.Excerpt: Most people, including most scholars, think the War on Poverty began with a formal declaration by Lyndon Johnson in 1964. In a sense this is true, for there was in fact no formal… More
The War on Poverty 1965–1980
– Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1984.Excerpt: No one disputes that poverty exists in America. But how serious is the problem? Who are the poor? Why are they poor? Are there more poor people than there used to be? On such… More
Apollo: The Race to the Moon
– (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.) (with Catherine Bly Cox)Summary from Publisher: Here, for the first time, is the dramatic story of the Apollo space program. Murray and Cox recount how, in fewer than ten years, the men and women behind the scenes… More
The Legacy of the Sixties
– Commentary, July 1992.Excerpt: “Is President Bush hinting that the Peace Corps destroyed the moral fiber of poor people?” asked Albert Shanker, the president of the American Federation of Teachers,… More
The Partial Restoration of Traditional Society
– The Public Interest, Fall 1995.Excerpt: DURING work on The Bell Curve, Richard Herrnstein and I were struck by the way in which the 1950s saw portentous developments that no one noticed at the time. We were focusing… More
American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History
– (Washington: AEI Press, 2013.)Summary from Publisher: The phrase “American exceptionalism” is used in many ways and for many purposes, but its original meaning involved a statement of fact: for the first century… More