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  1. Things Go Better with God
    Accomplishment on High
    An agnostic scholar went looking for the reasons why human accomplishment has flourishe...
    The American Enterprise, October/November 2003, pp. 22-26
  2. Affirmative Racism
    The New Republic, December 31, 1984, pp. 18-23
  3. After L.A.
    Causes, Root Causes, and Cures
    National Review, June 8, 1992, pp. 30-31
  4. The American 80's
    Commentary, September 1990, pp. 21-22
  5. ...and Make Sure Welfare Is Unappealing
    Welfare Progress Began When Recipients Got Scared. Unless Life on the Dole Looks Unattr...
    The American Enterprise, January 1998, pp. 72-73
  6. [+]
    Annual Book Section (Review)
    The Best Things in Life
    1. The Examined Life by Robert Nozick
    Reason, December 1989, pp. 35-36
  7. Apollo (1989)
    2 Reviews
  8. [+]
    As the Bell Curves (Review)
    The Bell Curve, by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray
    1. The Bell Curve by Richard J. Herrnstein and Charles Murray
    National Review, December 8, 1997, pp. 42-44
  9. Bad News About Illegitimacy
    The Weekly Standard, August 5, 1996, pp. 24-25
  10. Articles
    "The Bell Curve" and Its Critics
    Commentary, May 1995, pp. 23-30
  11. The Bell Curve (1994)
    Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
    44 Reviews, 17 Readable
  12. Books
    [+]
    Big Picture (Review)
    The Great Disruption, by Francis Fukuyama
    1. The Great Disruption by Francis Fukuyama
    Commentary, July-August 1999, pp. 80-83
  13. The Conservative Summit
    Blithe Spirits
    National Review, March 29, 1993, pp. 33-49
  14. [+]
    The Book Case (Review)
    Equal Treatment
    1. The End of Equality by Mickey Kaus
    Reason, November 1992, p. 56
  15. The British Underclass
    The Public Interest, Spring 1990, pp. 4-28
  16. The British Underclass
    Ten Years Later
    The Public Interest, Fall 2001, pp. 25-37
  17. Circus Girl (1937 Film)
  18. Clinton Acquitted: A Symposium
    The Weekly Standard, February 22, 1999, p. 27
  19. Articles
    The Coming of Custodial Democracy
    Commentary, September 1988, pp. 19-24
  20. Books & Arts
    [+]
    Common Ground? (Review)
    One Nation, Two Cultures, by Gertrude Himmelfarb
    1. One Nation, Two Cultures by Gertrude Himmelfarb
    The Weekly Standard, November 29, 1999, pp. 27-29
  21. The Constraints on Helping
    Do social programs do good? no, says the author of Losing Ground. In a carefully constr...
    The Freeman, February 1986, pp. 52-61
  22. Counseling the President
    National Review, February 10, 1989, p. 21
  23. Crime in America
    National Review, June 10, 1988, pp. 34-38
  24. Cruel and Usual: Pretrial Punishment in Jail
    Do the "rabble" deserve it?
    The Washington Monthly, December 1985, pp. 49-50
  25. Death Valley Manhunt (1943 Film)
  26. Does Welfare Bring More Babies?
    The Public Interest, Spring 1994, pp. 17-30
  27. Don't Give Up: Poverty Programs That Work
    Aw, Never Mind
    The Washington Monthly, June 1988, p. 40
  28. Books, Arts & Manners
    [+]
    To Each His Own (Review)
    Property and Freedom, by Richard Pipes
    1. Property and Freedom by Richard Pipes
    National Review, May 31, 1999, p. 63
  29. The Early Apollo Program Succeeded Thanks to Its Happy Band of Brothers.
    The American Enterprise, September 1998, p. 67
  30. [+]
    The Elephant in the Corner (Review)
    A Question of Intelligence, by Daniel Seligman
    1. A Question of Intelligence by Daniel Seligman
    Commentary, December 1992, pp. 62-66
  31. The Emerging British Underclass (1990)
    Choice in Welfare
    1 Review, 1 Readable
  32. The Fairness Delusion
    The speech our President should make
    The American Spectator, October 1984, pp. 21-23
  33. Forum: Images of Fear
    The Harpers Monthly, May 1985, pp. 39-48
  34. Forum: What Does the Government Owe the Poor
    The Harpers Monthly, April 1986, pp. 35-47
  35. Francophilia
    The French, apres tout, are a lot like you and me
    The Weekly Standard, June 2, 2008, p. 43
  36. Government Programs and the Poor: Two Views
    Have the Poor Been "Losing Ground"?
    Political Science Quarterly, September 1985, pp. 427-446
  37. The Great Society: An Exchange
    The New Republic, April 8, 1985, pp. 21-22
  38. Hamewith (1910)
  39. How to Lie with Statistics
    National Review, February 28, 1986, pp. 39-41
  40. How to Win the War on Drugs
    Locking up another million or so citizens isn't the way. As an alternative, we should m...
    The New Republic, May 21, 1990, pp. 19-25
  41. Human Accomplishment (2003)
    The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950
    7 Reviews, 4 Readable
  42. Human Nature / Deeper into the Brain
    National Review, January 24, 2000, pp. 46-49
  43. Poverty & Welfare---Another Look
    I. In Search of the Working Poor
    The Public Interest, Fall 1987, pp. 3-18
  44. The Education Impasse
    I. What's Really Behind the SAT-Score Decline?
    The Public Interest, Winter 1992, pp. 32-56
  45. In Our Hands (2006)
    A Plan to Replace the Welfare State
    7 Reviews, 3 Readable
  46. In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government (1988)
    19 Reviews, 8 Readable
  47. In the Country Places (1920)
  48. Articles
    The Inequality Taboo
    Commentary, September 2005, pp. 13-22
  49. IQ and Economic Success
    The Public Interest, Summer 1997, pp. 21-35
  50. An Exchange
    IQ, Race, and Heredity
    Commentary, August 1995, pp. 15-26
  51. The Legacy of the 60's
    Commentary, July 1992, pp. 23-30
  52. Letters
    Commentary, November 1992, pp. 2-22
  53. Losing Ground (1984)
    American Social Policy, 1950-1980
    16 Reviews, 6 Readable
  54. 'Losing Ground'
    An Exchange
    The New York Review of Books, October 24, 1985, p. 55
  55. Losing Ground Two Years Later
    Cato Journal, Spring-Summer 1986, pp. 19-30
  56. Ideas and Observations
    The Miracle of a Black Church: A Review
    City Journal, Winter 1993, pp. 78-80
  57. The National Prospect
    Commentary, November 1995, pp. 87-88
  58. No, Welfare Isn't Really the Problem
    The Public Interest, Summer 1986, pp. 3-11
  59. An Opportunity Lost
    The Public Interest, Winter 2003, pp. 46-49
  60. The Partial Restoration of Traditional Society
    The Public Interest, Fall 1995, pp. 122-134
  61. Books in Review
    [+]
    The Peace Corps' wonder years (Review)
    All You Need Is Love, by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
    1. All You Need Is Love by Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman
    The Public Interest, Fall 1998, pp. 104-108
  62. [+]
    Professor Jensen's Opus (Review)
    The g Factor, by Arthur R. Jensen
    1. The g Factor by Arthur R. Jensen
    National Review, January 27, 1997, pp. 40-41
  63. [+]
    The Prospects for Muddling Through (Review)
    The Limits of Social Policy, by Nathan Glazer
    1. The Limits of Social Policy by Nathan Glazer
    Critical Review, Fall 1990, pp. 493-504
  64. Readings
    Of a Conservative (Created) Caste
    The Harpers Monthly, October 1991, pp. 17-18
  65. Real Education (2008)
    Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality
    6 Reviews, 1 Readable
  66. Reason Interview
    Reason, May 1985, pp. 44-48
  67. Regaining Lost Ground
    City Journal, Spring 1994, pp. 61-66
  68. Reports & Comment
    Thailand: The Domino That Didn't Fall
    The Atlantic Monthly, November 1984, pp. 34-49
  69. [+]
    Book Reviews (Review)
    Social Welfare Spending, by Robert J. Lampman
    1. Social Welfare Spending by Robert J. Lampman
    Political Science Quarterly, December 1985, pp. 714-715
  70. Saving the Poor from Welfare
    Reason, December 1984, pp. 32-35
  71. Interview
    Saving the Underclass
    The author of Losing Ground argues that, if welfare were abolished, communities would f...
    The Washington Monthly, September 1985, pp. 12-22
  72. Sex, Families, Race, Poverty, Welfare: A Symposium
    The American Enterprise, January 1995, p. 34
  73. The Shape of Things to Come
    National Review, July 8, 1991, pp. 29-30
  74. Special Annual Book Section
    Confessions of a Philistine
    Reason, December 1985, pp. 39-40
  75. The State of the Nation
    Family Decay Hurts Equality
    The American Enterprise, April 2002, pp. 36-37
  76. [+]
    Statistical jargon (Review)
    The Politics of Large Numbers, by Alain Desrosieres
    1. The Politics of Large Numbers by Alain Desrosieres
    The Public Interest, Spring 1999, pp. 133-135
  77. A Stroll through the Income Spectrum
    Sorting Out Ordinary Working Stiffs, High-Income Strugglers, Closet Comfortables, and t...
    The American Enterprise, July 1996, pp. 40-42
  78. Symposium: The Work Ethic State
    INFTTC
    The New Republic, October 6, 1986, p. 21
  79. Thomas Jefferson Goes East
    National Review, March 30, 1992, pp. 21-29
  80. [+]
    Thomas Sowell: Seeing Clearly (Review)
    A Conflict of Visions, by Thomas Sowell
    1. A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
    National Review, December 19, 2005, p. 114
  81. [+]
    Transcendental Goods (Review)
    Charles Murray discusses art, accomplishment, faith, and doubt
    1. Human Accomplishment by Charles Murray
    Reason, April 2004, pp. 64-65
  82. Twelve Ideas for the Middle Class
    Find Alternatives to the B.A.
    National Review, February 9, 2009, p. 22
  83. Future of the Welfare State: I
    The Two Wars against Poverty
    Economic Growth and the Great Society
    The Public Interest, Fall 1982, pp. 3-16
  84. The War on Poverty: 1965-1980
    The Wilson Quarterly, Autumn 1984, pp. 94-136
  85. We The People
    To Ourselves and Our Posterity
    Reason, May 1988, pp. 44-47
  86. What It Means to Be a Libertarian (1997)
    A Personal Interpretation
    13 Reviews, 5 Readable
  87. What To Do About Welfare
    Commentary, December 1994, pp. 26-34
  88. [+]
    What's Hate Got To Do With It? (2 Reviews)
    Takings, by Richard A. Epstein
    1. Takings by Richard A. Epstein
    2. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
    Reason, December 1992, p. 28
  89. What's So Bad about Being Poor?
    National Review, October 28, 1988, pp. 36-39
  90. When Comedy Was King (1960 Film)
  91. [+]
    When Property Is Theft (2 Reviews)
    The Other America, by Michael Harrington
    1. The Other America by Michael Harrington
    2. Consilience by Edward O. Wilson
    Reason, December 1998, p. 51
  92. White Welfare, White Families, "White Trash"
    National Review, March 28, 1986, pp. 30-35
  93. [+]
    Who Is Ayn Rand? (2 Reviews)
    Goddess of the Market, by Jennifer Burns
    1. Goddess of the Market by Jennifer Burns
    2. Ayn Rand and the World She Made by Anne C. Heller
    The Claremont Review of Books, March 2, 2010, pp. 29-31
  94. Who's Afraid of the Future?
    The American Enterprise, March 1997, p. 69
  95. 1993 Reason Foundation Banquet
    Reason, October 1993, pp. 39-47
  96. 3-D Living
    Reason, November 1988, pp. 21-27
  97. No Items Found