Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger

Jay does not do a traditional “Q&A” this time – and not a “Q&A” at all – but a Christmas show. A show of Christmas music. He plays seven of his favorite tracks, from Bach to “I Saw Three Ships” to gospel. Performers include Leontyne Price, George Shearing, and Chanticleer. A medley for the season. And a shot in the arm, or wherever it is needed. Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

For many years, David Horowitz was a shake-’em-up figure on the left. For many more years, he has been a shake-’em-up figure on the right. He is now embarked on a big publishing project: The Black Book of the American Left: The Collected Conservative Writings of David Horowitz. With Jay, he is his characteristic blunt self, giving it to Obama, Hillary, and others we could name (and do). Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

In a recent issue of National Review, Jay had a piece called “Underground at Brown: A secret forum in which people can talk.” Later, he did a larger Web version, here. At Brown, there is a secret Facebook group in which students can talk freely. They can talk about whatever they like, including controversial issues. Shouldn’t they be able to do that out in the open, above ground? Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

In recognition of Thanksgiving, Jay has gathered four worthies to discuss America, and what to be grateful for, where America is concerned. The worthies are Mona Charen, Scott Immergut (aka Blue Yeti), Kevin Williamson, and Charlie Cooke. Jay has approximately 20 categories: “Name three of your favorite American . . .” movies, foods, novels, comedians, states, accents, singers, athletes... Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

Ben Sasse was elected senator from Nebraska last year. He has just given his maiden floor speech: detailing what is wrong with the world’s “greatest deliberative body.” He and Jay talk about this. Why is the Senate broken? What is the responsibility of the people themselves? What about entitlements? And the “administrative state”? And the new reality of employment? And cyberwar? With Jay... Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

Jay’s guest today is David Pryce-Jones, the British journalist, historian, and novelist. He has just written his memoirs, “ Fault Lines” – a book that is about the extraordinary family from which he sprang, as well as about himself. With Jay, he traverses any number of subjects: the war, and his flight through France down into Morocco with his nanny; his encounter with the Arab world... Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

Alan Simpson was a senator from Wyoming from 1979 to 1997. For ten of those years, he was the Republican whip. Since leaving the Senate, he has done many things, including the co-chairmanship of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. He and Jay talk about some big issues, including immigration: Simpson was the co-author of the immigration act of 1986... Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

That was the nickname of Tom Seaver, the major-league pitcher. Before that, it was the name of a children’s cartoon. In any case, it certainly applies to Thomas Sowell, the economist, philosopher, and writer. His latest book is Wealth, Poverty and Politics: An International Perspective. With Jay, he talks about some of the key questions of that book, and of life: what makes individuals and peoples... Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

For almost 20 years, Lincoln Diaz-Balart was a member of Congress (1993 to 2011). He is a Republican from Miami. It was Ronald Reagan and Jeane Kirkpatrick, really, who convinced him to leave the Democratic party for the Republican. And he is one of Jay Nordlinger’s favorite people. They talk about Cuba, mainly. (Land of Lincoln’s birth.) The Pope’s visit. Obama’s normalization. Also... Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

Well, you don’t have to drink tea, or anything else, to enjoy this podcast with Toby Young. He is well familiar to Ricochet readers and listeners: the British journalist who was a judge on Top Chef and who is an important education reformer and whose father, a prominent sociologist and politician, coined the term “meritocracy” (which he did not mean in a positive way – far from it). Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe