Jay Nordlinger
@jaynordlinger.bsky.social
Senior resident fellow, the Renew Democracy Initiative. Music critic, The New Criterion. Substack: Onward and Upward.
A smorgasbord of a column, with political notes, cultural notes, etc. For example: What would you like to know about that you have not yet roused yourself to study? I confess to birds, trees, flowers, stars -- and classics (as in Ovid). www.jaynordlinger.com/p/visions-in...
Visions in Houndstooth, &c.
On fashion and politics; Ben Sasse; notions of patriotism; studying the classics; and more
www.jaynordlinger.com
January 4, 2026 at 1:05 PM
A smorgasbord of a column, with political notes, cultural notes, etc. For example: What would you like to know about that you have not yet roused yourself to study? I confess to birds, trees, flowers, stars -- and classics (as in Ovid). www.jaynordlinger.com/p/visions-in...
For the music-minded, my "New York chronicle," in the January New Criterion. An assortment of composers, performers, and issues. Contentiousness abounds. Have a look. newcriterion.com/article/new-...
“New York chronicle,” by Jay Nordlinger
Jay Nordlinger on recent performances at the Park Avenue Armory, Lincoln Center & the Met Opera.
newcriterion.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
For the music-minded, my "New York chronicle," in the January New Criterion. An assortment of composers, performers, and issues. Contentiousness abounds. Have a look. newcriterion.com/article/new-...
Reposted by Jay Nordlinger
Happy new year, everyone! I've written a little column for the occasion. Notes on various subjects (with a healthy dose of poetry). See what you like. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/to-the-wil...
‘To the Wild Sky,’ &c.
A New Year’s Day column with poetry, music, jokes, and more
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January 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Happy new year, everyone! I've written a little column for the occasion. Notes on various subjects (with a healthy dose of poetry). See what you like. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/to-the-wil...
Happy new year, everyone! I've written a little column for the occasion. Notes on various subjects (with a healthy dose of poetry). See what you like. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/to-the-wil...
‘To the Wild Sky,’ &c.
A New Year’s Day column with poetry, music, jokes, and more
www.jaynordlinger.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Happy new year, everyone! I've written a little column for the occasion. Notes on various subjects (with a healthy dose of poetry). See what you like. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/to-the-wil...
In its National Security Strategy, the Trump administration refers to "patriotic European parties," whose "growing influence" is cause for "great optimism." What are those parties? For one thing, they tend to like Putin. Here is a column from me. www.thenextmove.org/p/patriots-p...
‘Patriots,’ Populists, and Putinists
A ‘whole global movement,’ as Nigel Farage said, gaining in political strength
www.thenextmove.org
December 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In its National Security Strategy, the Trump administration refers to "patriotic European parties," whose "growing influence" is cause for "great optimism." What are those parties? For one thing, they tend to like Putin. Here is a column from me. www.thenextmove.org/p/patriots-p...
Reposted by Jay Nordlinger
At Thanksgiving, a friend sent me an artifact -- the program of our Thanksgiving play in second grade ("Squanto and the Pilgrims"). That led me to Google our teacher. And to write a little column. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/my-second-...
My Second-Grade Teacher
On Vina Krins and others
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December 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
At Thanksgiving, a friend sent me an artifact -- the program of our Thanksgiving play in second grade ("Squanto and the Pilgrims"). That led me to Google our teacher. And to write a little column. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/my-second-...
At Thanksgiving, a friend sent me an artifact -- the program of our Thanksgiving play in second grade ("Squanto and the Pilgrims"). That led me to Google our teacher. And to write a little column. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/my-second-...
My Second-Grade Teacher
On Vina Krins and others
www.jaynordlinger.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
At Thanksgiving, a friend sent me an artifact -- the program of our Thanksgiving play in second grade ("Squanto and the Pilgrims"). That led me to Google our teacher. And to write a little column. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/my-second-...
Reposted by Jay Nordlinger
My column today touches on a variety of subjects. For your consideration. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/light-agai...
Light against Darkness, &c.
On Christmas in Ukraine, wisdom from John Stuart Mill, daily poetry, the great Lou Cannon, and more
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December 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My column today touches on a variety of subjects. For your consideration. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/light-agai...
My column today touches on a variety of subjects. For your consideration. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/light-agai...
Light against Darkness, &c.
On Christmas in Ukraine, wisdom from John Stuart Mill, daily poetry, the great Lou Cannon, and more
www.jaynordlinger.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My column today touches on a variety of subjects. For your consideration. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/light-agai...
Who angered the sea?
December 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Who angered the sea?
Reposted by Jay Nordlinger
A podcast for you -- of Christmas music (and Christmas-adjacent music, to use a modern formulation). newcriterion.com/dispatch/wha...
“What cheer,” by Jay Nordlinger.
Jay Nordlinger on a sampling of Christmas music.
newcriterion.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A podcast for you -- of Christmas music (and Christmas-adjacent music, to use a modern formulation). newcriterion.com/dispatch/wha...
Peace is a big, slippery subject. (I once wrote a book called "Peace, They Say.") The Kremlin has a certain view of peace, or "peace." So does Donald Trump. Those views are dovetailing, as James Kirchick meticulously and chillingly demonstrates. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Russians Mean Something Different When It Comes to 'Peace'
It isn’t just the absence of war.
www.politico.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Peace is a big, slippery subject. (I once wrote a book called "Peace, They Say.") The Kremlin has a certain view of peace, or "peace." So does Donald Trump. Those views are dovetailing, as James Kirchick meticulously and chillingly demonstrates. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Reposted by Jay Nordlinger
What's a "Heritage American"? Who's not one? What is the American heritage? I make some points in a brief essay. See what you think. www.thenextmove.org/p/heritage-a...
‘Heritage Americans’ and the American Heritage
On a creepy new classification
www.thenextmove.org
December 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What's a "Heritage American"? Who's not one? What is the American heritage? I make some points in a brief essay. See what you think. www.thenextmove.org/p/heritage-a...
What's a "Heritage American"? Who's not one? What is the American heritage? I make some points in a brief essay. See what you think. www.thenextmove.org/p/heritage-a...
‘Heritage Americans’ and the American Heritage
On a creepy new classification
www.thenextmove.org
December 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What's a "Heritage American"? Who's not one? What is the American heritage? I make some points in a brief essay. See what you think. www.thenextmove.org/p/heritage-a...
A podcast for you -- of Christmas music (and Christmas-adjacent music, to use a modern formulation). newcriterion.com/dispatch/wha...
“What cheer,” by Jay Nordlinger.
Jay Nordlinger on a sampling of Christmas music.
newcriterion.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A podcast for you -- of Christmas music (and Christmas-adjacent music, to use a modern formulation). newcriterion.com/dispatch/wha...
Reposted by Jay Nordlinger
Quoting a movie line, he would say to me, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you." I say the same to him. The final part of my series in appreciation of Norman Podhoretz. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/songs-for-...
Songs for Norman, Part IV
On the indispensable Norman Podhoretz
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December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Quoting a movie line, he would say to me, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you." I say the same to him. The final part of my series in appreciation of Norman Podhoretz. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/songs-for-...
Uh-oh. I still have Christmas stamps and return-address labels, but ... I can hear Trump and Vance saying to me, "You don't have the cards!"
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Uh-oh. I still have Christmas stamps and return-address labels, but ... I can hear Trump and Vance saying to me, "You don't have the cards!"
Quoting a movie line, he would say to me, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you." I say the same to him. The final part of my series in appreciation of Norman Podhoretz. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/songs-for-...
Songs for Norman, Part IV
On the indispensable Norman Podhoretz
www.jaynordlinger.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Quoting a movie line, he would say to me, "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you." I say the same to him. The final part of my series in appreciation of Norman Podhoretz. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/songs-for-...
All my life, I've heard, "It's never been harder to be young." That is a platitude, not necessarily true (like "The world has never been more complicated"). But when I read things like this, I think: nightmare. apnews.com/article/scho...
Boys at her school shared AI-generated, nude images of her. After a fight, she was the one expelled
A 13-year-old girl at a Louisiana middle school got into a fight with classmates who were sharing AI-generated nude images of her.
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
All my life, I've heard, "It's never been harder to be young." That is a platitude, not necessarily true (like "The world has never been more complicated"). But when I read things like this, I think: nightmare. apnews.com/article/scho...
It's one thing to withdraw from NATO, it's another to become an enemy of NATO. What will the United States do? apnews.com/article/denm...
Denmark and Greenland vow that the US won't take over Greenland after Trump appoints envoy
The leaders of Denmark and Greenland are insisting that the U.S. won’t take over Greenland and demanded respect for their territorial integrity after President Donald Trump announced the appointment o...
apnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
It's one thing to withdraw from NATO, it's another to become an enemy of NATO. What will the United States do? apnews.com/article/denm...
Note he says "all of their money." Demagogue. Also, why doesn't he say "off to Israel"? Or another country we support, especially if it is embattled? Why is Ukraine the object of sneers? And don't kid yourself: it could be Israel next, as it already is with some. Many.
JD Vance: "We believe in honoring your father and mother rather than shipping all their money off to Ukraine"
December 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Note he says "all of their money." Demagogue. Also, why doesn't he say "off to Israel"? Or another country we support, especially if it is embattled? Why is Ukraine the object of sneers? And don't kid yourself: it could be Israel next, as it already is with some. Many.
I wrote a book called "Peace, They Say." Our envoy to Russia says, "Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine." What Putin is committed to is the destruction and subjugation of Ukraine. Is that peace? If our envoy is not a stooge, he is dangerously naive.
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I wrote a book called "Peace, They Say." Our envoy to Russia says, "Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine." What Putin is committed to is the destruction and subjugation of Ukraine. Is that peace? If our envoy is not a stooge, he is dangerously naive.
An American life. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Betty Reid Soskin, Nation’s Oldest Park Ranger, Dies at 104
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
An American life. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
For your consideration: After 1945, fascism -- which had been very popular -- was discredited. For decades, fascism was in bad odor. But now the odor, the stigma, is wearing off. Why shouldn't fascism be popular again? It was before, in many countries. Anyway, a thought, a "night thought."
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
For your consideration: After 1945, fascism -- which had been very popular -- was discredited. For decades, fascism was in bad odor. But now the odor, the stigma, is wearing off. Why shouldn't fascism be popular again? It was before, in many countries. Anyway, a thought, a "night thought."
Part III of my "Songs for Norman," a series in appreciation of Norman Podhoretz. In this installment, I emphasize Norman's love affairs: with America and Shakespeare (and Tolstoy).
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/songs-for-...
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/songs-for-...
Songs for Norman, Part III
On the indispensable Norman Podhoretz
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December 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Part III of my "Songs for Norman," a series in appreciation of Norman Podhoretz. In this installment, I emphasize Norman's love affairs: with America and Shakespeare (and Tolstoy).
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/songs-for-...
www.jaynordlinger.com/p/songs-for-...