Tag: "Jay Nordlinger"
On “Forte” and “Forte”
As much as I am hesitant to jump in between two pretty smart guys, when it comes to music, I feel I’m obliged. Jay Nordlinger chides those who pronounce the word forte, to mean a strength or prime skill, the same way they’d pronounce the musical term forte. He says that the first word, which [...]
The Humane Thing to Do
Yesterday I noted a post by National Review’s Jay Nordlinger about the Chinese National Anthem Switcheroo and his commentary on dictatorial regimes. Today, he has a follow-up with a comment I also find worth consideration: It should be pretty uncontroversial to knock the Chinese Politburo in an American publication. Something has gone screwy in our [...]
Distilling Evil to A Single Sentence
Jay Nordlinger” “That’s one of the worst things about Communist and dictatorial regimes: They are cruel to little girls.” I think that is the most beautiful and insightful criticism I’ve ever read about tyranny. It drills down to the very heart of a dictator’s depravity. That’s one of the reasons I appreciate Nordlinger’s writing as [...]
That’s What You Said