Charles A. Murray

American Experiment has battled PC for more than a quarter century.

This post appeared at MinnPost on February 13, 2019. There has been no shortage of books over the last decade about how Americans are in centrifugal flight from one other. Journalist…

Suffice it to say Republican candidates didn’t do well on Election Day last month in urban America.  Then, again, they haven’t done well in big and other good-sized cities for…

Editor: The following essay by American Experiment Founder and Senior Fellow Mitch Pearlstein, “Poverty, Culture & Marriage,” was released as part of “The Tenth Annual Celebration of John Brandl and…

It’s always a satisfying day when something is written about how ideas truly do matter in American life, with many of the most important and influential ideas conceived, refined, and…

Coming out of Election Day two weeks ago, much has been said and written about how conservatives and Republicans generally did lousy in suburbs across the country, and how they…

After 25 years in the same house, my wife and I are relocating a dozen miles to the suburban west.  And yes, as you might imagine, after a quarter-century of…

Why do so many Minnesotans agree with the project's goal so eagerly?

You likely have read reports in newspapers – or even better, seen video on television or the internet – of students at Middlebury College rioting recently because they didn’t want…

Editor’s Note: One of the most important themes in last month’s elections had to do with the many millions of Americans who believe they are stuck in place occupationally and…

After reading an excellent essay about “Two Underclasses” in the current issue of “National Review” by J. J. Vance, who also is author of the applauded new book “Hillbilly Elegy,”…

A few bulleted, campaign-inspired thoughts about political correctness, which I started writing about in the 1970s.  One of the best things I wrote in graduate school back then was a…

The Center's founder recalls the Center's earliest days, its ongoing triumphs, its occasional challenges, then looks to the future.