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Jay Nordlinger
Nordlinger in 2015
Born
Jay Stephen Nordlinger[1][2]

(1963-11-21) November 21, 1963 (age 62)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BA)
Political party
Republican (before 2016)
Independent (2016–present)[3]
AwardsEric Breindel Award

Jay Stephen Nordlinger (born November 21, 1963) is an American conservative commentator. He is a former senior editor of National Review, and a book fellow of the National Review Institute.[4] He is also a music critic for The New Criterion and The Conservative.[5][6]

In the 1990s, Nordlinger worked for The Weekly Standard magazine. In the 2000s, he was music critic for the New York Sun.

Early life

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Nordlinger grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which he has called a "Citadel of the Left". His father worked in the education sector and his mother was an artist. He graduated from the University of Michigan.[6]

Career

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Since 2002, he has hosted a series of public interviews at the Salzburg Festival. With Mona Charen, he hosted the Need to Know podcast, and he also hosts a podcast called "Q&A." In 2011, he filmed The Human Parade, with Jay Nordlinger, a TV series of hour-long interviews with personalities.[citation needed]

In 2007, National Review Books published Here, There & Everywhere: Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger, comprising 100 pieces on various subjects.[7] In 2012, Encounter Books published Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World.[8] In 2015, Encounter Books published Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators.[9] In 2016, National Review Books published a second anthology of Nordlinger's essays and articles, Digging In: Further Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger. He left National Review in May 2025.[10]

Awards

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In 2001, Nordlinger received the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism,[11] a now defunct annual award given by News Corporation, in honor of the late editorial-page editor of the New York Post. It was to be awarded to a journalist whose writing demonstrated "love of country and its democratic institutions" and "bears witness to the evils of totalitarianism."

Personal life

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Nordlinger is a fan of the Detroit Pistons, and lives in New York City.[12]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.aaespeakers.com/keynote-speakers/jay-nordlinger
  2. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wJFhV_tQx0
  3. ^ "The Shock of Disaffiliation: On Leaving the Republican Party". National Review. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
  4. ^ "Jay Nordlinger Archive - National Review Online". National Review Online. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  5. ^ "Welcoming two newcomers On a pair of publications that will ponder the political puzzles of our day". The New Criterion. March 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Lamb, Brian (2015). "Q&A with Jay Nordlinger". C-SPAN.org.
  7. ^ Nordlinger, Jay (January 1, 2007). Here, There & Everywhere: Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger (1st ed.). New York: National Review Books. ISBN 9780975899823.
  8. ^ Nordlinger, Jay (March 27, 2012). Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World (1st ed.). New York: Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594035982.
  9. ^ Nordlinger, Jay (September 22, 2015). Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators. Encounter Books. ISBN 9781594038150.
  10. ^ "William F. Buckley & Co". Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  11. ^ "Eric Breindel Journalism Awards". Archived from the original on April 1, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
  12. ^ Nordlinger, Jay (May 5, 2020). "Our nasty Egyptian ally, &c". National Review. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
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