Jay Nordlinger, a fellow at National Review Institute, will describe his experience navigating the tricky subject of politics on a university campus. At this forum, we will consider what it means to be political, and apolitical, as well as the value of learning from people with diverse perspectives.
Jay Nordlinger is a senior editor of National Review and also a fellow at National Review Institute. In addition, he is the music critic of The New Criterion. He writes about a variety of subjects, including politics, foreign affairs, and human rights. Since 2002, he has hosted a series of public interviews at the Salzburg Festival. He writes a column called “Impromptus” for NationalReview.com and is the host of two podcasts: “Q&A” and “Music for a While.” In 2011, he filmed “The Human Parade, with Jay Nordlinger,” a TV series bringing hour-long interviews with various personalities. He is the author of two books: Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize (Encounter Books, March 2012) and Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators (Encounter Books, September 2015). His journalism has been collected in two books: Here, There & Everywhere (National Review Books, January 2007) and Digging In (National Review Books, December 2016). A native Michigander, Nordlinger lives in New York.
The Hinckley Institute neither supports nor opposes the views expressed in this forum.