Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger is a journalist who writes about a range of subjects, including politics, foreign affairs, and the arts. He is the music critic of The New Criterion. He is a senior resident fellow at the Renew Democracy Initiative, and a contributor to its publication, The Next Move. His guests are from the worlds of politics and culture, talking about the most important issues of the day, and some pleasant trivialities as well. www.jaynordlinger.com

Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger is a news podcast hosted by Jay Nordlinger, with 540 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Golden Boy from Tennessee

  May 28, 202639 minS0

  <p>To quote my introduction,</p><p>Lamar Alexander is one of these golden children: Eagle Scout; president of his high-school class; governor of Boys State; editor of the college newspaper; Phi Beta Kappa; governor, which is to say real governor; university president; cabinet member; U.S. senator; presidential candidate.</p><p>The presidency, by my calculation, is the only thing that ever eluded Mr. Alexander.</p><p>He is a Republican. At the outset of our conversation, I suggest to him that he could not get anywhere in GOP politics today. His credentials and abilities would work against him. “Am...

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  Professor Mansfield Is In

  May 26, 202634 minS0

  <p>It is always a treat to talk with Harvey Mansfield—Harvey C. Mansfield Jr., the scholar of political philosophy. He has been on the faculty of Harvard University (his alma mater) since 1962. Today, he is a professor emeritus.</p><p>Many times, he has been my guest on Q&A. And he is again.</p><p>His new book is The Rise and Fall of Rational Control: The History of Modern Political Philosophy.</p><p>Opening question (mine): What is modern political philosophy? That is, when does it begin? It begins, says Professor Mansfield, with “Nick Machiavelli” (as he calls...

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  Law, Liberty, and Cass (Sunstein)

  Apr 21, 202643 minS0

  <p>Introducing this Q&A, I say,</p><p>… our guest today is Cass Sunstein, the law professor, the legal thinker, the writer. For many years, he taught at the University of Chicago, and for many years since, he has taught at Harvard. He has written a profusion of books, to go with countless articles—though maybe someone has counted them.</p><p>His latest books, I believe, are On Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom and Separation of Powers: How to Preserve Liberty in Troubled Times.</p><p>Professor Sunstein is also a Substacker. His Substack is called, straightforwardly enough, “Cass’s...

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  The Rule of Law, a.k.a. the Ballgame

  Apr 14, 202648 minS0

  <p>Our latest guest on Q&A is a “legal eagle,” as I say in my introduction.</p><p>He is Gregg Nunziata, the executive director of SRL—the Society for the Rule of Law. The organization serves an important purpose.</p><p>Gregg worked in the Justice Department. And for the Senate Judiciary Committee. And for the Senate Republican Policy Committee. And for Senator Marco Rubio. And so on.</p><p>He was in the heart of the Republican legal world.</p><p>These days, he has one overriding concern: to defend the rule of law.</p><p>Yes, and th...

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  Political Worlds, Old and New

  Apr 9, 202647 minS0

  <p>Charlie Sykes is a veteran journalist, of a conservative bent. He is a writer and broadcaster. Find Charlie at To the Contrary, his Substack. On Q&A, he and I have had a meaty, wide-ranging chat.</p><p>He is a Wisconsinite, whose father was a newspaperman. “I always thought of the daily newspaper as a daily miracle,” says Charlie. I thought the same thing, by the way.</p><p>When Charlie was in eighth grade, his dad was the Wisconsin campaign manager for Eugene McCarthy’s presidential campaign. Charlie traveled around the state that year.</p><p>He was im...

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