Onward and Upward

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Fights, Good and Bad
On Cracker Barrel, conservatives, and other conundrums of America today
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Jay Nordlinger
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Flag Games, &c.
On Old Glory as political football; killer tariffs; the ‘Deep State’; Trump’s Nobel lust; designs on Greenland; and more
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17
Countertenor
An encounter with Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
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56:46
Concertmaster
A talk with Rainer Honeck, of the Vienna Philharmonic
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43:54
Back to School(?), &c.
On school in August; the raid on Bolton; Newsom as troll; the Oval Office in Trump décor; and more
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Jay Nordlinger
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Salzburg Journal, Part III
On habits, Habsburgs, Humperdinck, and more
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8
Salzburg Journal, Part II
A visit to the Stefan Zweig Center, and memories of an evil time
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17
Salzburg Journal, Part I
On Mozart, busking, immigration, swimming, Beethoven, and more
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15
Honor the Teachers
All of us, probably, have a wish list for America. Here’s an item on mine.
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Jay Nordlinger
14
Fleur’s World
A conversation with the young, rising mezzo-soprano Fleur Barron.
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Jay Nordlinger
3
39:55
The Democratic Temper
Reflections on today’s politics (and yesterday’s)
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Jay Nordlinger
29
Secret Views, Cont.
Readers share what, until now, they’ve kept quiet about
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Jay Nordlinger
3
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