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A Book, Found

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 18th 2024 at 07:23
A reader tells a story β€” about how he found β€˜The Master and Margarita.’

Bookshop assistant Howard Rawson-Humphries watches over the books on sale inside Cofian Books, known locally as β€˜Albie's Bookshop,’ in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, September 15, 2018.
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β€˜Write Like Bill’

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 18th 2024 at 10:51
On this summer’s William F. Buckley Jr. Communicators Workshop.

William F. Buckley Jr.; Michael Jordan
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A Voice from Kansas, a Voice for Freedom

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 18th 2024 at 11:31
On a podcast with Vernon L. Smith.

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A Struggle to Survive

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 19th 2024 at 09:34
Notes on Ukraine and Russia.

People take shelter inside a subway station during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 11, 2024.
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β€˜Warmonger,’ β€˜Traitor,’ β€˜Nazi,’ Etc.

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 21st 2024 at 14:49
The U.S. House passes aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Some like it, some don’t.

A woman prays during a service of St. John the Baptist church in PrzemyΕ›l, Poland, near the Ukrainian border, as people flee the Russian invasion, March 13, 2022.
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Mum’s the Word

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 22nd 2024 at 06:25
The national debt, the federal budget deficit, and the relative silence of politicians.

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Shouts & Murmurs

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 22nd 2024 at 18:23
On a music podcast, beginning with James P. Johnson and his β€˜Carolina Shout.’

James P. Johnson, c. May 1946
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One Green Jacket, Etc.

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 23rd 2024 at 07:42
Reader mail on Condoleezza Rice, Gabrielle Starr, and more.

Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, then a new member of Augusta National Golf Club, looks on during the annual Masters Par-3 Contest in Augusta, Ga., April 10, 2013.
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Duos, Etc.

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 24th 2024 at 06:52
Reader mail on Lerner & Loewe, β€œThe Master and Margarita,” the Confederacy, and more.

The composer Frederick Loewe (left) and the lyricist/librettist Alan Jay Lerner β€” the famous β€œLerner & Loewe”
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Tale of the Tip, Etc.

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 26th 2024 at 07:17
Reader mail on the anxiety of tipping and more.

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A Renaissance Couple

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 26th 2024 at 11:03
On a podcast with Simone Sepe and Saura Masconale, law-and-economics scholars.
β˜‘ β˜† βœ‡ The Corner | National Review

Alma Mater: A Story

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 29th 2024 at 07:14
A letter from a retired fighter pilot who, with his wife, set up a scholarship in chemistry at Kansas State.

Campus of Kansas State University, in an image posted to X on August 25, 2023
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In the Midst of an Assault

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” April 29th 2024 at 09:42
Notes on Ukraine and Russia.

A scene in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 22, 2024, after a Russian missile attack
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Age Issues

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 1st 2024 at 05:50
Youth, maturity, and the question of wisdom.

Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€, the Finnish conductor, leads the Orchestre de Paris in a rehearsal on July 7, 2020.
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A Mad Song and More

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 3rd 2024 at 08:43
Reader mail on hating, cousin marriage, etc.

Attendee Judith Hawkins poses next to a display at the <I>Mad</I>-magazine booth during Comic-Con Preview Night in San Diego, Calif., July 20, 2016.
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Man of the Book

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 6th 2024 at 17:56
On a podcast with Mohamad Jebara, scholar and explainer of Islam.

A fragment of a Koran manuscript is seen in the library at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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In the Face of Hell, Perseverance

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 12th 2024 at 15:38
Notes on Ukraine and Russia.

A firefighter works at the site of a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 4, 2024.
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A Sinister Singling Out

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 12th 2024 at 16:35
Notes on Eurovision, Israel, Hamas, etc.

People hold Palestinian flags during a protest against Israeli participation in the Eurovision Song Contest ahead of the second semi-final in MalmΓΆ, Sweden, May 9, 2024.
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Fit to Print

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 13th 2024 at 07:21
Reader mail on reading newspapers, the French language in Michigan, etc.

Reading a newspaper at a trailer park in Sarasota, Fla., 1941
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Fear, and Love, of Needles

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 14th 2024 at 07:21
Reader mail on vinyl records, running, and more.

An Audio-Technica staff member places a needle on a record at the IFA consumer-technology fair in Berlin, Germany, September 1, 2022.
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Britannia Rules

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 15th 2024 at 07:12
Reader mail on things British.

A residence in the village of Dorridge, West Midlands, England, May 2024
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Within the Ukraine War

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 15th 2024 at 10:35
On a podcast with Illia Ponomarenko, Ukrainian war reporter.

Galina Shevtsova in front of her apartment building, Mariupol, Russian-occupied Ukraine, November 16, 2022. She lives in the basement with her husband, Pavel. Their apartment higher in the building was destroyed by Russian forces the previous March.
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Bleakness and Light

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 16th 2024 at 07:26
On Charles Dickens, Yefim Bronfman, etc.

Lord Mayor of London David Wootton (left) and Britain's Prince Charles look at a portrait of Charles Dickens during a visit to the Dickens Museum in London in 2012.
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Funny, Painful, Etc.

By: Jay Nordlinger Β·Β Jay Nordlinger β€” May 17th 2024 at 07:12
Reader mail on American education and β€˜Saturday Night Live.’

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