Jay Nordlinger

Who is Jay Nordlinger?

Jay Nordlinger is an American journalist. He is a senior editor of National Review, the conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955. He also writes a column for the magazine's website, "National Review Online," called "Impromptus." Nordlinger covers a wide variety of topics, including human rights. He has written a great deal about China and Cuba.

In the last month and a half of the 2000 presidential election campaign, Nordlinger took a leave of absence from National Review to write speeches for George W. Bush

Nordlinger is also a music critic, writing about classical music for The New Criterion and CityArts, in addition to National Review. Since 2003, he has hosted a series of lectures and interviews at the Salzburg Festival.

In 2007, National Review Books published Here, There & Everywhere: Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger. In 2012, Encounter Books published Nordlinger's Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World.

Nordlinger lives in New York but is a graduate of the University of Michigan and a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan; he often refers to his left-leaning hometown in political columns.