Jay Nordlinger (born November 21, 1963) is an American journalist. He is a former senior editor of ''

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'', and a book fellow of the National Review Institute. He is also a music critic for '' The New Criterion'' and ''The Conservative''. In the 1990s, Nordlinger worked for '' The Weekly Standard'' magazine. In the 2000s, he was music critic for the '' New York Sun''.

Early life

Nordlinger grew up in

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, which he refers to as a "Citadel of the Left", and opines about in his political columns. His father worked in the education sector and his mother was an artist. He graduated from the

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Career

Since 2002, he has hosted a series of public interviews at the

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

Awards

In 2001, Nordlinger received the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism, a now defunct annual award at one time given by

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, in honor of the late editorial-page editor of NYPost. It was meant awarded to a journalist whose writing demonstrated "love of country and its democratic institutions" and "bears witness to the evils of

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Personal life

Nordlinger is a fan of the

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, and lives in

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References

External links

*
Nordlinger's profile
at National Review Online
Archive of Nordlinger's writings
at the ''New York Sun''.
Archive of Nordlinger's writings
at ''The New Criterion''. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nordlinger, Jay Journalists from Ann Arbor, Michigan 1963 births Living people American columnists American male journalists American magazine editors American music critics American music journalists American political writers Michigan Republicans New York (state) Republicans New York (state) independents The New York Sun people University of Michigan alumni National Review people American speechwriters