Books
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950
– (New York: Harper, 2003.)Summary from Publisher: A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun’s From Dawn to Decadence. “At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved… More
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
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
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
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950
– (New York: Harper, 2003.)Summary from Publisher: A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun’s From Dawn to Decadence. “At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved… More
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
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
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
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950
– (New York: Harper, 2003.)Summary from Publisher: A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun’s From Dawn to Decadence. “At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved… More
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
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
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
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950
– (New York: Harper, 2003.)Summary from Publisher: A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun’s From Dawn to Decadence. “At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved… More
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
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
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
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950
– (New York: Harper, 2003.)Summary from Publisher: A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun’s From Dawn to Decadence. “At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved… More
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
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
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