Jay Nordlinger
@jaynordlinger.bsky.social
Senior resident fellow, the Renew Democracy Initiative. Music critic, The New Criterion. Substack: Onward and Upward.
There is an expression: "Laughter is the best medicine." Well, I self-prescribe with Matt Labash -- my best medicine. Thank you, Matt. mattlabash.substack.com/p/thanks-for...
Thanks For Nothing, Congress!
Congress does what it does best -- screws us
mattlabash.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
There is an expression: "Laughter is the best medicine." Well, I self-prescribe with Matt Labash -- my best medicine. Thank you, Matt. mattlabash.substack.com/p/thanks-for...
A message on the façade of a museum in Berlin — a museum of the Wall and Checkpoint Charlie. Ukrainians aren’t alone. They need more support. But they are not alone.
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A message on the façade of a museum in Berlin — a museum of the Wall and Checkpoint Charlie. Ukrainians aren’t alone. They need more support. But they are not alone.
Very good news. Cuba's democrats need all the help they can get. Indeed, democrats the world over need the same. Dictatorships are all too happy to help one another. cubadecide.org/president-pa...
Paz Pereira Receives Rosa María Payá on His First Day as President - Cuba Decide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Paz Pereira Receives Rosa María Payá on His First Day as President LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – November 10, 2025 – Cuban leader Rosa María Payá, founder of Cuba Decide, was invited to the ...
cubadecide.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Very good news. Cuba's democrats need all the help they can get. Indeed, democrats the world over need the same. Dictatorships are all too happy to help one another. cubadecide.org/president-pa...
See this bunch on the floor of the World Liberty Congress? They have all had the experience of being imprisoned or detained by tyrannical regimes.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
See this bunch on the floor of the World Liberty Congress? They have all had the experience of being imprisoned or detained by tyrannical regimes.
Hard (for some of us) to see the Brandenburg Gate without thinking of a kid from Dixon, Illinois.
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Hard (for some of us) to see the Brandenburg Gate without thinking of a kid from Dixon, Illinois.
The Holocaust memorial in Berlin has a stark power that crept up on me. (It is at the corner of Hannah Arendt and Cora Berliner streets.)
November 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Holocaust memorial in Berlin has a stark power that crept up on me. (It is at the corner of Hannah Arendt and Cora Berliner streets.)
Berlin, autumnal.
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Berlin, autumnal.
What does November 9th mean in Berlin? Why, an NFL game, of course.
November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
What does November 9th mean in Berlin? Why, an NFL game, of course.
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With David Frum, I have had a conversation about antisemitism: antisemitism left and right (and all mixed up). David talks both intellectually and personally. Our subject is dead-serious, of course -- but there are streaks of humor. A rich conversation. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/antisemiti...
Antisemitism Left and Right (and All Mixed Up)
A conversation with David Frum
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November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
With David Frum, I have had a conversation about antisemitism: antisemitism left and right (and all mixed up). David talks both intellectually and personally. Our subject is dead-serious, of course -- but there are streaks of humor. A rich conversation. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/antisemiti...
"Evil" is the strongest word in the English language (on the negative side). Trump has called Pelosi "an evil woman." Elon Musk called the National Endowment for Democracy an "evil organization." Have you ever heard such people call Putin or his atrocities "evil"? This matters.
Q: Do you have a statement on Nancy Pelosi's retirement?
TRUMP: I think she's an evil woman. I think she was a tremendous liability for the country.
TRUMP: I think she's an evil woman. I think she was a tremendous liability for the country.
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Evil" is the strongest word in the English language (on the negative side). Trump has called Pelosi "an evil woman." Elon Musk called the National Endowment for Democracy an "evil organization." Have you ever heard such people call Putin or his atrocities "evil"? This matters.
A glimpse of Berlin.
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A glimpse of Berlin.
A media company can be whatever it wishes to be -- that's democracy, that's an open society. But the idea of Fox "patriot awards" is -- a little strange, I think. www.foxnews.com/media/list-a...
A list of all the honorees in the 7th annual Fox Nation Patriot Awards
First lady Melania Trump and Turning Point CEO Erika Kirk become recipients of major awards during Fox Nation's seventh annual Patriot Awards.
www.foxnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A media company can be whatever it wishes to be -- that's democracy, that's an open society. But the idea of Fox "patriot awards" is -- a little strange, I think. www.foxnews.com/media/list-a...
With David Frum, I have had a conversation about antisemitism: antisemitism left and right (and all mixed up). David talks both intellectually and personally. Our subject is dead-serious, of course -- but there are streaks of humor. A rich conversation. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/antisemiti...
Antisemitism Left and Right (and All Mixed Up)
A conversation with David Frum
www.jaynordlinger.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
With David Frum, I have had a conversation about antisemitism: antisemitism left and right (and all mixed up). David talks both intellectually and personally. Our subject is dead-serious, of course -- but there are streaks of humor. A rich conversation. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/antisemiti...
“Bill Buckley taped some episodes of ‘Firing Line’ in the Sistine Chapel. I can’t see myself podcasting from that room; but I enjoyed looking at Dan in the Royal Gallery, via Zoom.”
In a new "Q&A," Daniel Hannan and I have talked about a range of subjects, including monarchy, democracy, populism, antisemitism, and poetry (Larkin, Conquest -- and Shakespeare). Such a privilege, to converse and learn from this fellow. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/live-from-...
Live from the Royal Gallery
A conversation with Daniel Hannan, a.k.a. Lord Hannan of Kingsclere
www.jaynordlinger.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“Bill Buckley taped some episodes of ‘Firing Line’ in the Sistine Chapel. I can’t see myself podcasting from that room; but I enjoyed looking at Dan in the Royal Gallery, via Zoom.”
For years, Russell Moore (@drmoore.bsky.social) has raised his voice against darkness and sophistry. He has done so at some personal cost. A highly valuable voice in our country. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/nazi...
The Church Better Start Taking Nazification Seriously - Christianity Today
Tucker Carlson hosted neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes on his podcast. The stakes are high for American Christians.
www.christianitytoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
For years, Russell Moore (@drmoore.bsky.social) has raised his voice against darkness and sophistry. He has done so at some personal cost. A highly valuable voice in our country. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/nazi...
Loved reading this. And it really tells you, or gives you a flavor of, what it's like to sit down and have a leisurely conversation with Bill. Well done, Claremont student-interviewers.
Here, if people are interested, is a wide-ranging interview with a couple of Claremont students from a month ago. A little on contemporary politics and on Trump and on Mamdani, a little on conservatism and liberalism, a little on liberal education.
www.cmcforum.com/post/bill-kr...
www.cmcforum.com/post/bill-kr...
Bill Kristol on Friendship, Neoconservatism, and Zohran Mamdani | The Forum
The Forum's full interview with Bill Kristol.
www.cmcforum.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Loved reading this. And it really tells you, or gives you a flavor of, what it's like to sit down and have a leisurely conversation with Bill. Well done, Claremont student-interviewers.
About an important case now before the Supreme Court, a keen analysis by @monacharen.bsky.social -- stylish, too ("trapped sparrows," "purring cat"). www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...
Which Conservative Justices Will Fall for Trump’s Tariff Power Grab?
Emergency powers “tend to kindle emergencies,” as a great justice of yore once observed.
www.thebulwark.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
About an important case now before the Supreme Court, a keen analysis by @monacharen.bsky.social -- stylish, too ("trapped sparrows," "purring cat"). www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...
In a new "Q&A," Daniel Hannan and I have talked about a range of subjects, including monarchy, democracy, populism, antisemitism, and poetry (Larkin, Conquest -- and Shakespeare). Such a privilege, to converse and learn from this fellow. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/live-from-...
Live from the Royal Gallery
A conversation with Daniel Hannan, a.k.a. Lord Hannan of Kingsclere
www.jaynordlinger.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In a new "Q&A," Daniel Hannan and I have talked about a range of subjects, including monarchy, democracy, populism, antisemitism, and poetry (Larkin, Conquest -- and Shakespeare). Such a privilege, to converse and learn from this fellow. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/live-from-...
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My column today begins with a reflection on our war heroes. You are so grateful for them. But you wish they didn't have to be heroes, you know? The price is often ... Anyway, a column from me, on various matters. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/leaving-th...
Leaving the Light On, &c.
On war, democracy, the Age of Trump, and more
www.jaynordlinger.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My column today begins with a reflection on our war heroes. You are so grateful for them. But you wish they didn't have to be heroes, you know? The price is often ... Anyway, a column from me, on various matters. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/leaving-th...
Conservatives come in many flavors. The American conservative, traditionally speaking, seeks to conserve the principles and ideals of the American founding. For @renewdemocracy.bsky.social's Next Move, I have written an essay on this touchy, important subject.
www.thenextmove.org/p/american-c...
www.thenextmove.org/p/american-c...
American Conservatism and Liberal Democracy
Why one thing goes with the other.
www.thenextmove.org
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Conservatives come in many flavors. The American conservative, traditionally speaking, seeks to conserve the principles and ideals of the American founding. For @renewdemocracy.bsky.social's Next Move, I have written an essay on this touchy, important subject.
www.thenextmove.org/p/american-c...
www.thenextmove.org/p/american-c...
Honestly, there should be a Wikipedia entry on pitchers who won the Cy Young Award while playing for the Detroit Tigers and then left the team. I am so tired of this. (Malpractice by the owner and his execs, I'm given to understand.)
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Honestly, there should be a Wikipedia entry on pitchers who won the Cy Young Award while playing for the Detroit Tigers and then left the team. I am so tired of this. (Malpractice by the owner and his execs, I'm given to understand.)
Politicians come and go. Their star rises and falls. I thought of this when I saw Eliot Spitzer on the street today. He was elected governor of New York by the biggest margin in state history. Some thought he would be president. And then ...
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Politicians come and go. Their star rises and falls. I thought of this when I saw Eliot Spitzer on the street today. He was elected governor of New York by the biggest margin in state history. Some thought he would be president. And then ...
On Election Day 2024 -- a year ago today -- I published a piece called "A Political Testimony: The life of a conservative from Reagan to Trump." You may find it interesting, and may even relate to it. FWIW. www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/u...
National Review Article by Jay Nordlinger
www.nationalreview.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
On Election Day 2024 -- a year ago today -- I published a piece called "A Political Testimony: The life of a conservative from Reagan to Trump." You may find it interesting, and may even relate to it. FWIW. www.nationalreview.com/wp-content/u...
My column today begins with a reflection on our war heroes. You are so grateful for them. But you wish they didn't have to be heroes, you know? The price is often ... Anyway, a column from me, on various matters. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/leaving-th...
Leaving the Light On, &c.
On war, democracy, the Age of Trump, and more
www.jaynordlinger.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My column today begins with a reflection on our war heroes. You are so grateful for them. But you wish they didn't have to be heroes, you know? The price is often ... Anyway, a column from me, on various matters. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/leaving-th...
I remember Lenora Fulani.
Now there is Zohran Mamdani.
Sometimes pols
Are good for lolz --
But I prefer Shohei Ohtani.
Now there is Zohran Mamdani.
Sometimes pols
Are good for lolz --
But I prefer Shohei Ohtani.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I remember Lenora Fulani.
Now there is Zohran Mamdani.
Sometimes pols
Are good for lolz --
But I prefer Shohei Ohtani.
Now there is Zohran Mamdani.
Sometimes pols
Are good for lolz --
But I prefer Shohei Ohtani.