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Saturday and Other Nights

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 25th 2024 at 13:56
On a podcast concerning β€˜Saturday Night Live’ and a podcast of classical music (mainly).

A sketch featuring John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Chevy Chase, and others on <I>Saturday Night Live</I>, January 1, 1976
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In Russia, Incredible Bravery

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 24th 2024 at 16:26
On Vladimir Kara-Murza, Ilya Yashin, et al.

Russian political prisoner Vladimir Kara-Murza during a court hearing in Moscow on July 31, 2023
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Under Assault, Fighting Back

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 24th 2024 at 15:04
Notes on Ukraine and Russia, cont.

A local resident stands at the site of a Russian air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, June 23, 2024.
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The Mays Effect

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 24th 2024 at 09:20
Reader mail on Willie Mays, a song by Harry Nilsson, and more.

San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1967
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β€˜ALL YOU NEED IS TRUMP’

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 22nd 2024 at 09:08
On Trump and character and conservatism.

Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Racine, Wis., June 18, 2024.
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War and Peace

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 20th 2024 at 08:29
On Putin, Kim, OrbΓ‘n, Snowden, et al. β€” and Ukraine.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and Russian dictator Vladimir Putin at a welcoming ceremony in Kim Il-sung Square, Pyongyang, North Korea, June 19, 2024
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Songs, Words, and More

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 19th 2024 at 08:40
Reader mail on the β€˜Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ Lincoln, FDR, pronunciation, etc.

Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910), author of the 'Battle Hymn of the Republic'
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Leaps in the Dark

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 18th 2024 at 07:08
Reader mail on regulations, language, and more.

The famous trio of ski jumps in Lahti, Finland, pictured on February 20, 2016
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About North Korea

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 17th 2024 at 08:29
On dealing with a β€˜psychotic state.’

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un with tank units, March 13, 2024
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Two Events, 25 Years Apart

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 16th 2024 at 06:36
On Robert Conquest, Adrian Karatnycky, and Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Institute of America, Manhattan, N.Y., June 15, 2024
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Ukraine as Nation

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 15th 2024 at 10:51
On a podcast with Adrian Karatnycky.

People attend a funeral ceremony for Iryna Tsybukh, in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 2, 2024. She was a volunteer medic, age 25, who was killed by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region.
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β€˜The Most Progressive Man’

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 14th 2024 at 08:43
Reader mail on C. S. Lewis, Bush 41, Martin Mull, and more.

C. S. Lewis
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100 (Plus One Day)

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 13th 2024 at 11:22
Thoughts on George H. W. Bush, on the occasion of his centennial.

Former president George H.Β W. Bush waves to the crowd at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., September 2, 2008.
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7/4/76

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 13th 2024 at 08:52
On the Entebbe raid and America’s bicentennial.

Residents in Gloucester, Mass., watch fireworks on July 4, 2021.
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Mailbag

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 12th 2024 at 07:18
Readers write in about Israel, Jacksonville, and more.

A city's welcome
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β€˜What a Body-Guard He Has!’

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 11th 2024 at 07:16
A letter from a historian about the β€˜N-word’ in the telling of history.

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, c. 1863
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A City’s Struggles, Etc.

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 10th 2024 at 07:06
Reader mail on Baltimore, the English language, and more.

A member of the Baltimore police department stands guard at a crime scene on Mother’s Day in the downtown area of Baltimore, Md., May 12, 2019.
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Heroism against Barbarism

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 9th 2024 at 15:55
Notes on Ukraine and Russia, cont.

Mourners at the funeral of Iryna Tsybukh, Kyiv, Ukraine, June 2, 2024. She was a volunteer medic, age 25, who was killed by Russian troops in the Kharkiv region.
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Son of Nicaragua

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 7th 2024 at 18:27
A conversation with Carlos Fernando Chamorro.

Journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro listens during a news conference in Managua, Nicaragua, December 13, 2019.
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A Talk with the β€˜Hotel Manager’

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 5th 2024 at 16:53
On a podcast with Paul Rusesabagina, who saved more than a thousand people in the Rwandan genocide.
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Right Side Up

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” June 3rd 2024 at 12:08
Reader mail on flying the flag and more.

An American flag hangs behind the Boeing KC-46 Pegasus in Everett, Wash., January 24, 2019.
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Communing with a Writer

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 30th 2024 at 07:15
Reader mail on George Eliot, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and more.

The tomb of British novelist Mary Ann Evans, who wrote under the name β€˜George Eliot,’ is seen in Highgate Cemetery, London, on February 5, 2019.
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Soundings

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 28th 2024 at 07:09
Reader mail on the theremin, college sports, β€˜owning the insult,’ and more.

Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin perform at Earl's Court in London, May 1975.
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Terror and Courage

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 26th 2024 at 16:04
Notes on Ukraine and Russia, cont.

A firefighter washes his face as he works at the compound of a printworks hit by Russian missile strikes in Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 23, 2024.
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