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Category Archives: Charles Murray
Charles Murray’s “Human Accomplishment” Database Is Now Online
Comments to Steve Sailer: * Much like this year’s Oscars, blacks have (almost entirely) boycotted Murray’s data set: only 5 entries out of 4000. * Beethoven being tied with Mozart, and Bach a close third, does sound about right, but … Continue reading
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The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (1994)
Robert Stacy McCain writes: Charles Murray (@charlesmurray on Twitter) co-authored with the late Richard Herrnstein one of the most controversial books of the 20th century, The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life (1994). When it was first … Continue reading
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‘The Bell Curve’ 20 years later: A Q&A with Charles Murray
James Pethokoukis writes for AEI: October marks the 20th anniversary of “The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life,” the extraordinarily influential and controversial book by AEI scholar Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein. Here, Murray answers a few … Continue reading
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Charles Murray On The 2016 Elections
Kevin Price writes Sept. 1, 2015: Dr. Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute is one of the most popular of public intellectuals among libertarians today. Furthermore, he is one of the more popular guests I have on my program. … Continue reading
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Charles Murray’s 2006 Answers On Immigration
From National Review: What’s my position on immigration? Well, since apparently someone asked (and I have never published anything on immigration), here goes. Regarding illegal immigration: 1. Making laws about who gets to become a citizen, under what circumstances, is … Continue reading
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John Derbyshire, Charles Murray & Immigration
The late Lawrence Auster wrote in 2006: John Derbyshire asked Charles Murray for his views on immigration. Murray wrote him back a point-by-point e-mail, which Derbyshire posted at The Corner. Among Murray’s points was: 3. I am not impressed by … Continue reading
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Cuck-Slapping Charles Murray
From Vox Popoli: Charles Murray has done some genuinely good and courageous work in the past, but with regards to immigration, he jumped several sharks this day: Charles Murray @charlesmurray It could be the 1850s and the Know Nothings. Same … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: Ross Douthat gets the Charles Murray book’s biggest oversight
Steve Sailer writes in 2012: To avoid inflaming his liberal critics, Charles Murray specifically states that he won’t talk about illegal immigration in discussing the state of changes in the white working class over the last 50 years. Fortunately, Ross … Continue reading
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Critiquing Charles Murray
Ron Unz? writes in 2012: Look, Murray has a long track-record, and that track-record shows him to be an incompetent and a shill. When you’re the most prominent public figure writing about extremely serious and controversial topics, this is a … Continue reading
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The Brilliance Of Obama’s 2008 Race Speech
Charles Murray writes for NRO’s The Corner in 2008: “I read the various posts here on “The Corner,” mostly pretty ho-hum or critical about Obama’s speech. Then I figured I’d better read the text (I tried to find a video … Continue reading
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