The Issue at a Glance

The De-rehabilitation of Charles Murray (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12129-018-9732-2)

John Derbyshire, Long Island, New York

The first entry in our “Unorthodox Ideas” feature posits that the distinguished but vilified co-author of The Bell Curve (1994) had been enjoying a period of widespread—if halting and belated—recognition for his work on human capability and social class stratification in the 2000s. Even the science of intelligence testing had come around to affirming much of Murray’s disparaged conclusions about innate human differences. Then came the election of President Donald Trump—and the Left’s obsessive drive to prove that white racism is at the heart of his ascent.

Race, Crime and Culture (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12129-018-9730-4)

Barry Latzer, John J. College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

Culture matters when it comes to crime, says Barry Latzer, and not all cultures are equal when it comes to nurturing law-abiding citizens.