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A134. Essay “The America I’ve Loved,” published directly to this website.

A133. Essay “Behind a Moral Cloak, Tremblors of Nihilism,” published in the Fall/Winter 2020 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies.

A132. Ciphers in a System Resembling Socialism written in May 2020 for inclusion on this web site.

A131. The Attack on American Memory, published in the Fall/Winter 2020 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies.

A130. The West’s On-Going Self-Immolation, As Seen from Europe and Canada, published in the Fall/Winter 2019 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 366-378.

 A129.  Book Review Article, The Governance of China: Speeches by President Xi Jinping, published in the Spring/Summer 2019 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 161-173.

A128.  Commentary, Commentary on the Kavanaugh Confirmation Travesty, published directly to this web site, November 3, 2018.

A127.  Article, The “Four C’s” of Contemporary China, published in the Fall/Winter issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp.187-204.

A126.  Book Review Article, A Provocative Look at Globalization and Democracy, published in the Spring/Summer 2018 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 26-32.

A125.  Book Review Article, Justice Antonin Scalia: In Historical Perspective, published in the Fall/Winter 2017 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 431-442.

A124.  Article, The Lost Context of ‘Women’s Suffrage,’ published in the Fall/Winter 2017 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 419-430.

A123.  Book Review Article, Jihadism and Muslim Immigration: Three Recent Books, published in the Summer 2017 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 251-272.

A122.  Article, The Lost Context of ‘American Racism,’ published in the Spring 2017 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 58-80.

A121.  Trump — Why I’m For Him, published in the June-October 2016 issue of Impact, pp. 11-13.

A120.  Ty Cobb Revisited — A Reminder of a Perennial Question: Whom Are We to Believe?, published in the Winter 2016 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 68-86.

A119.  Book Review Article, Two More Authors Calling for a ‘Basic Income Guarantee,’ published in the Fall 2016 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 74-89.

A118.  Book Review Article, Michael Hudson’s ‘Killing the Host’: A Disorganized Potpourri that’s Provocative on Many Subjects, Valuable and Important on Some, published in the Summer 2016 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 84-94.

A117.  Book Review Article, Henry Kissinger’s “World Order”: Informative — but a Window into the Unsettling Thoughts of the World Elite, published in the Spring 2016 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 78-88.

A116.  Article, “March of the PeeWOCs: ‘Queer Theory,’ Its Origins and Implications,” published in the Fall 2015 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 289-301.

A115.  *Book Review Article, “A Gentle Look at Race, Evolution and Genetics: Nicholas Wade’s Elevation of Science over Ideology,” published in the Spring/Summer issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 117-128.

A114: *Book Review Article, “A Preeminent Book on the Financial Crisis: Timothy F. Geithner’s Memoir as Secretary of the Treasury,” published in the Winter 2014 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 494-521.

A113: *Book Review Article, “A Provocative Look at Robert Gates’ ‘Memoirs of a Secretary at War.'” published in the Fall 2014 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 342-362.

A112: *Book Review Article, “One Man’s Fight for Stewardship and Professionalism: A Lesson in Business Ethics,” published in the Spring 2014 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 52-59.

A111: *Book Review Article, “In the Wake of Mandela: Paul Theroux’s Latest Look at Sub-Saharan Africa,” published in the Winter 2013 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economics Studies, pp. 462-475.

A110.  *Book Review Article, “David Stockman on the ‘Crisis of American Capitalism: A Critique,” published in the Fall 2013 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 346-357.

A109.  *Book Review Article, “Relevant Today: Lessons from the Spanish-American War,” published in the Spring 2013 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 80-98.

A108.  *Book Review Article, “Sheila Bair on ‘The Great Recession,'” published in the Winter 2012 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 533-542.

A107.  *Book Review Article, “Herbert Hoover’s ‘Secret History of World War II’ and Some Reflections it Prompts,” published in the Spring 2012 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 94-135.

A106.  *Book Review Article, “CyberAnarchism, WikiLeaks and Computer Warfare: The Unprecedented Dangers Associated with Information Technology Today,” published in the Winter 2011 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 455-471.

A105.  *”Capitalism’s Deepening Crisis: The Imperative of Monetary Reconstruction,” published in the Fall 2011 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 277-300.

A104.  *Book Review Article, “A Critique of Gordon Brown’s Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization, published in the Summer 2011 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 249-255.

A103.  *Book Review Article, “A Financial Treatise that Provokes Much Thought: Richard Posner’s ‘The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy,'” published in the Fall 2010 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 356-365..

A102.  *Book Review Article, “Responses to the Great Panic — and Some Questions They Raise,” published in the Spring 2010 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 95-108.

A101.  *Book Review Article, “The Future Will Marvel: The Follies Leading to the ‘Great Credit Crunch of 2007-2009,” published in the Fall 2009 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 356-373..

A100.  *”A ‘Classical Liberal’ Rethinks the Market System: Invitation to an Intellectual Odyssey,” published in the Fall 2009 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 347-355..

A99.  *Book Review Article, “Revisiting the ‘Good War’s’ Aftermath: Emerging Truth in an Ocean of Myth,” published in the Spring 2009 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 95-110.

A98. *Book Review Article, “Understanding the West’s Self-Immolating Follies: Buchanan and the World Wars,” published in the Winter 2008 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 494-505.

A97. *Book Review Article, “Urging Uplift for American Blacks: Two Recent Books–a Critique,” published in the Fall 2008 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 351-369.

A96.  *“‘Do Something About Darfur’: A Review of the Complexities,” published in the Summer 2008 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 229-264.

A95.  *Robotics: A Route to the Survival of the Advanced Societies?, published in the Winter 2007 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 397-420.

A94.  *Book Review Article, “George Tenet’s C.I.A. Memoir: Curious and Provocative,” published in the Fall 2007 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 317-325..

A93.  *“China’s Maoist Legacy,” published in the Spring 2007 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, pp. 61-73.

A92.  *“If Past is Prologue: Americans’ Future ‘Guilt’ About Today’s Use of Low-Pay Immigrant Labor,” published in the Fall 2006 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, 339-365

A91.  *Book Review Article, “Seeing Africa Clearly,” about Martin Meredith’s The Fate of Africa, published in the Summer 2006 issue of The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies,  pp. 213-224.

A90.  *Introduction to Frank Ellis’ “Marxism, Multiculturalism, and Free Speech,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies Monograph No. 31 (Washington, D.C.: Council for Social and Economic Studies, 2006), pp. 1-5.  This piece also appeared as an article in the British journal of opinion “Right Now!,” June 2006 issue, pp. 16-17.

A89.  *Book Review Article, “Amy Chua’s World on Fire: Ethnic Hatreds and Their Implications for the United States,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 2005, pp. 371-381.

A88.  *“‘Multiculturalism’ and the West,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Summer 2005, pp. 203-239.

A87.  *“Eastern Africa as Seen Through the Eyes of a Realist,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Winter 2004, pp. 455-467.

A86.  *“Understanding Contemporary America: The Martin Luther King Myth,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 2003, pp. 325-353.

A85.  *“Conceptual Issues In Prohibiting ‘Hate Speech,'”The Mankind Quarterly, Spring 2003, pp. 335-352.

A84a.  *“The Ethos of Global Intervention,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 2001, pp. 625-638.

A84.  *“The Post-Cold War American Interventions into Haiti, Somalia, Bosnia and Kosovo,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Winter 2000, pp. 489-510.  This was also published in The St. Croix Review, with Part I being in the October 2001 issue and Part II in the December 2001 issue.

A83.  *Federal Sand Creek National Memorial Will Distort History,”  Middle American News, Dec. 2000, p. 9.

A82.  *Lead article and surrebuttal on “Does a Market Economy Optimize the Allocation of Resources,” in Journal of Markets & Morality, Vol. 2 (Fall 1999), pp. 271-8 and 290-6.

A81.  *“An Economic Paradox: Boom and Displacement in the United States,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 1999, pp. 349-71.

A80.  *“An Artistic Renaissance?  The American Arts Quarterly,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Summer 1999, pp. 225-41.

A79.  *“The Rule of Law and Democracy: Ideals, Realities and ‘the Human Chokepoint,'” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Spring 1999, pp. 93-118.

A78. *“Dispatches from America: Dwight D. Murphey Wonders What Can be Learnt from the Clinton Affair,” British journal of opinion RightNOW, January/March 1999, p. 24.

A77.  *“A Critique of the Central Concepts in Free-Trade Theory,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Winter 1998, pp. 433-463.

A76.  *“Comments on Miles Wolpin’s ‘Permissive Immigration…,'” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 1998, pp. 281-284

A75.  “Revolution on the Horizon,” The St. Croix Review, August 1998, pp. 6-16 (reprint of the article “A Revolution in Progress.”)  See note for entry A74.

A74.  “A Revolution in Progress: Today’s Proliferating Science and Technology,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Spring 1998, pp. 75-92.   This is a combination of Chapters 2 and 3 of Murphey’s book The Emerging Crisis of Economic Displacement, and so won’t be put on this Web site since the material can be read in that book.

A73.  *“Reflections on Global Capitalism,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Winter 1997, pp. 497-503.

A72.  *“Today’s Economic Statistics: Poorly Suited When Put Forward as Measures of Well-Being,” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 1997, pp. 345-374.

A71.  *“Presidents Kennedy and Clinton: Case Studies in American Condonation of ‘Twilight Behavior,'” The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Summer, 1997, pp. 185-197.

A70.  *“The Deviant Elite that Mocks American Democracy,” Conservative Review, May/June 1997, pp. 10-14.

A69.  *“‘Moderation’ Can’t Save America,” Conservative Review, Mar/Apr 1997, pp. 8-12.

A68.  *”The Warp-Speed Transformation of the World Economy: A Discussion of Ten (of the Many) Recent Books,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 1996, pp. 307-342.

A67.  *“‘Global Warming’: A Lysenko-Like Challenge to the World Scientific Community,” Conservative Review, July/August 1996, pp. 7-16.

A66.  *“The American President (and His Oh-So-Sweet, but Tough, ‘Significant Other’),” Conservative Review, March/April 1996, pp. 4-7.

A65.  “Theories of Capitalistic Exploitation: Their Context and Validity,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Spring 1996, pp. 77-100. This is not hyperlinked because it is a reprint of Chapter 12 in Murphey’s book on socialist thought.  See that chapter, which now has certain “Notes from 2003” interjected.

A64.  *“Hiroshima in Historical Context,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Winter 1995, pp. 445-466.

A63.  “Legal Issues and International Management,” Chapter 15 in textbook, Kamal Fatehi, editor, International Management: A Cross-Cultural and Functional Perspective (Prentice-Hall, 1995).  It is not included on this Web site because it is not part of Murphey’s critical writing.

A62.  *“Do the Constraints of a Free Society Suffocate Freedom: A Two-Centuries Dilemma Raised (Once Again) by The Bridges of Madison County,” Conservative Review, September/October 1995, pp. 18-27.

A61.  *“Race Relations in America: Forty Years After the ‘Civil Rights Revolution,'” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 1995, pp. 355-371.

A60. *“A friendly letter, and a response, probing some of the basic theory of a free society,” Conservative Review, July/August 1995, pp. 38-40.

A59.  “Issues in American History: Lynching in Perspective,” Conservative Review, July/August 1995, pp. 8-15. Is a major excerpt from my legal-studies monograph on the same subject (see Monograph M5 here).  It is not being hyperlinked, since it appears in that monograph.

A58.  “Uncontrolled Immigration’s Threat to American Identity,” The St. Croix Review, June 1995. This is not being hyperlinked; see Article 55 for the more complete essay.

A57.  *“Rethinking the American Dream: Reactions of the Media to The Bell Curve,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Spring 1995, pp. 93-128.

A56.  “A Principled Discussion of the Taboo Against Homosexuality,” Conservative Review, March/April 1995, 27-29.  See Article 53 here.

A55.  *“The World Population Explosion and the Cost of Uncontrolled Immigration,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Winter 1994, pp. 481-510.

A54.  *“The J. Robert Oppenheimer Case Revisited: The Sudoplatov Bombshell,” Conservative Review, September/October 1994, pp. 2-7.”Capsule Commentaries,” Conservative Review, May/June 1994.

A53.  *“Homosexuality and the Principles of a Free Society,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Spring 1994, pp. 1-5-118.

A52.  *“The Hollywood ‘Blacklist’ in Historical Context,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 1993, pp. 327-349. A shorter version appeared in Conservative Review, March/April 1994, pp. 24-31.

A51.  *“America’s Civilizational Crisis: The Rise of Internal Barbarism,” Conservative Review, September/October 1993, pp. 16-22.

A50.  *Affirmation and Distrust: A Growing Polarity Within American Conservatism,” Conservative Review, July/August 1993, pp.13-18.

A49.  “Issues in the American Cultural War: Kent State, May 1-5, 1970,” Conservative Review, March/April 1993.  This is not being included here, because an extended version appeared as “Kent State Revisited,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Summer 1993, pp. 235-255.  Or see the chapter on this same subject in the book “Dispossessing the American Indian–And Other Issues in American History.”

A48.  *“Issues in the American Cultural War: The World War II Relocation of the Japanese-Americans,” Conservative Review, January/February 1993, pp. 4-7. An extended version appeared in the Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Spring 1993, pp. 93-117.   See the chapter on this same subject in the book “Dispossessing the American Indian–And Other Issues in American History.”

A47.  *“Health Care as an ‘Entitlement’: Economic and Moral Aspects,” Conservative Review, December 1992, pp. 42-46.

A46.  *“Lest We Forget (or Never Really Knew): The 60th Anniversary of Soviet Communism’s Deliberate Murder of Millions by Starvation,” Conservative Review, December 1992, pp. 38-44.

A45.  “Modern Liberalism and the Growth of Big Government,” Conservative Review, August 1992, pp. 33-39. Reprint of Chapter Eleven from my book “Liberalism in Contemporary America,” so it is not being hyperlinked at this point.

A44.  “Modern Liberalism and the Business Corporation,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Summer 1992, pp. 183-202. This is a reprint of a chapter from my book “Liberalism in Contemporary America,” and so is not being hyperlinked at this point.

A43. *“The Los Angeles Riots: The Deeper Meanings,” Conservative Review, June 1992, pp. 8-9.

A42.  “Modern Liberalism’s Opportunistic Legal Philosophy,” Conservative Review, June 1992, pp. 40-46. This is a reprint of a chapter from my book “Liberalism in Contemporary America,” and so is not being hyperlinked at this point.

A41.  “Modern Liberalism’s Emphasis on Social Change,” Conservative Review, April 1992, pp. 42-47. This is a reprint of a  chapter from my book “Liberalism in Contemporary America.”

A40.  *“Feminism and Rape,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Spring 1992, pp. 13-27.

A39.  “Modern Liberals Conceal Their Socialist Bias,” Conservative Review, January 1992, pp. 34-37. Not included here because it is a reprint of a chapter from my book “Liberalism in Contemporary America.”

A38.  *“The Historic Dispossession of the American Indian: Did It Violate Our Ideals?,” Conservative Review, December 1991, pp.31-35.  Extended version appeared in Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Fall 1991, pp. 347-368.

A37.  *“‘Political Correctness,’: A Third Window into American Liberalism’s Otherwise Latent Affinity for Totalitarianism,” Conservative Review, August 1991, pp. 30-34.

A36.  *“For the Incorruptible Scholar, It’s the Best of Times and the Worst of Times,” Conservative Review, October 1991, pp.28-32. Based on a paper presented to the annual meeting of University Professors for Academic Order (UPAO) in Washington, D.C., in early 1991.

A35.  “Multiculturalism: Its Implications for a Free Society,” Conservative Review, June 1991, pp. 32-35.  (It is not being hyperlinked at this point because it is the same as Chap. 18 of the book “Liberalism in Contemporary America,” which is item B6 on this site.)

A34.  *“The Gulf War’s (Intolerable) ‘New Journalism,'” Conservative Review, April 1991, pp. 27-32.

A33. *“Liberalism’s’ Devaluation of Mainstream Values: A Key Factor in Understanding American History, 1820-1991,” Tamkang Journal of American Studies, April 1991.

A32.  *“Martin Luther King, Jr.: Time for a Sobering Reassessment,” Conservative Review, February 1991.

A31. *“Where, Today, Are Our Men Who Stand Tall? Reflections on Our Loss of Mutual Confidence,” Conservative Review, December 1990.

A30.  *“How Committed Are We, Really, to Science?,” Conservative Review, November 1990.

A29.  *“Arthur Shenfield: A Briton Who Earned an Honored Place in America,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Winter 1990, pp. 503-510.

A28.  *“Is the Bottom Falling Out? America’s Moral Inversions,” Conservative Review, October 1990, pp. 28-30.

A27.  *“American Liberalism in Yet Another Yearning Phase,” Conservative Review, August 1990,  pp. 26, 27 and 29.

A26.  *”American Social Science: It is Time It Emerged From the Shadow of the German Historical School,” VOX (academic publication of University Professors for Academic Order), Spring 1990.

A25.  *”Selling Socialism as ‘The New Capitalism’: The Threat Behind ‘Employee Ownership’,” Conservative Review, June 1990.  The article “Employee Ownership: A Rapidly Growing Threat to a Free Market?,” in The Freeman, June-July 1990, is not being included here, because it is merely an abbreviated version of this Conservative Review article.

A24.  *”Workers’ Control and the Fantasy of a Decentralized Socialism,” Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, Spring 1990.

A23b.  *”The Crisis in Our Universities,” Conservative Review, May 1990.

A23a.  *The Mudding of America,” Conservative Review, April 1990, pp. 27-28.

A22.  *South Africa and the ‘Sacred Fools’: Otto J. Scott’s Histories — Case Studies in the Modern ‘Crisis of the West’, Lincoln Review, Spring/Summer 1989.

A21.  “Variations in Institutional Services: Their Impact on Private Transactions,” WSU Business and Economic Report, September 1988.  This isn’t included on the Web page, since it isn’t the type of writing that is meaningful for social and political thought.

A20.  “A Project for Conservative Academics: Toward a Theory of Constitutional Reconstruction,” VOX, Autumn 1988.  This article would be included here, but I am no longer able to find it.

A19.  *”The Iran/Contra Affair: A Crisis in Ideology,” St. Croix Review, March 1987.

A18.  *”The Open Marketplace of Ideas,” VOX, Spring 1987.

A17.  “Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans: A New Challenge to the Professionals Advising Today’s Homebuyers,” WSU Business and Economic Report, Winter 1994.  This is not included here, since it is about a legal point of minor importance.

A16.  *The Ferraro Candidacy, St. Croix Review, October/November 1984.

A15b.  *The Movie ‘Reds’, St. Croix Review, March/April 1982, pp. 22-27.

A15a.  *”The Reagan Inaugural Address,” St. Croix Review, April/May 1981.

A14.  *”Conservative Intellectuals and the Reagan Years,” Universitas, February 1981.

A13. “Myths and American Constitutional History,” The Intercollegiate Review, Fall 1978.  This is not being hyperlinked here, because it is Chapter 9 of my book “Liberalism in Contemporary America.”

A12a. *‘Gay Rights Ordinances’: Why They Are Inconsistent With Freedom,” accepted by New Guard, the national magazine of Young Americans for Freedom, in June 1978.  Murphey is unsure whether it was ever published by that magazine.

A12.  *The Concept of Freedom in Modern Social Philosophies, The Occasional Review, Winter 1977.

A11.  *”A New Political Party?,” New Guard (the national publication of Young Americans for Freedom), November 1976.

A10.  *The Ultimate Safeguard, chapter in This is the FBI (Evanston: Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, 1975), pp.327-336.

A9.  *Some Thoughts on ‘The Lesson of Vietnam,’ St. Croix Review, October 1975.

A8.  *”Three Contemporary Psychologists and the Meaning of Life,” The Occasional Review, February 1974; followed by “Postscript,” The Occasional Review, Fall 1974.

A7.  *“The Myth of the Separation of Church and State,” New Guard, December 1973.

A6.  *“The Businessman and the Intellectual Culture,” Alpha Kappa Psi Diary (national publication of Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity), Summer 1972.

A5. * “Spiritual Values and the Free Society,” Religion and Society, March 1970.

A4. *“What the Businessman Should Know About the New Left,” WSU Business Journal, Summer 1970; reprinted in the Kansas Judicial Council Bulletin, 1971, and the Iola Register.

A3.  *“A View of ‘Racism in America,'” New Guard, March 1970.

A2.  *”Antecedents of the Urban Crisis,” Modern Age, Winter 1968. This is a publication of the paper I presented to the national meeting of the Philadelphia Society in April 1968.

A1.  “Habendum Clauses in Oil and Gas Leases,” Dicta (law review of the University of Denver College of Law), 1958. Winner of first prize in 1958 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute writing competition.  This is not included here, since it deals with a legal subject of no philosophical importance.