Q & A, Hosted by Jay Nordlinger

At Jay’s prompting, Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) does a tour d’horizon: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Russia . . . Everywhere, there is danger. Everywhere, the United States has choices to make. The senator also talks about the Bergdahl swap: President Obama’s trade of five Taliban leaders for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, now charged with desertion. Then there is the question of our defenses: Are they... Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

Jay’s guest today is Sen. Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), the majority leader. The first question borrows phrasing from Hillary Clinton: What difference does it make? What difference does having a majority in the Senate make, given that the other party has the presidency? Another question is: Are you a right-wing extremist, as the Left charges, or an Establishment marshmallow, as the Right charges? Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

Jay’s guest is Mark Helprin, who is not to be confused with Mark Halperin. This Mark is the novelist, foreign-affairs analyst, and political writer – the author of “Winter’s Tale,” “A Soldier of the Great War,” and many other acclaimed books. He and Jay have known each other for a long time, and discussed the issues with each other for an equally long time. Today’s topics include Iran, Israel... Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe

Welcome to “Q&A,” a podcast hosted by Jay Nordlinger. Jay will be handling the “Q” part; a variety of guests will be handling the “A” part. On occasion, Jay may be doing some answering himself. “Q&A” will be weekly, more or less. Some weeks will have more than one episode; some weeks will be without episodes. The show will be fairly regular, regardless. The guest in this inaugural episode is Garry... Source Get full access to Onward and Upward at www.jaynordlinger.com/subscribe