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Music critic, The New Criterion
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!!
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Thank you so much.
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We have now entered a new chapter -- of course, a very nervous one. U.S. and Israeli policymakers will need utmost wisdom. We should all root for their every success. And may Iranians, someday, soon, at last be free of the curse of those tyrants.
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I’ve always thought that the White House is a perfect republican edifice — not Versailles but not too modest, not undistinguished, either. Just perfect for our American republic. (Don’t gild the lily!)
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For your amusement, possibly, here is a quirky little essay I wrote the other day. www.jaynordlinger.com/p/the-lotter...
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Last year, I recorded a podcast with Doña Violeta's son, Carlos Fernando. "I sing to her," he said, "I tell her of my love." www.nationalreview.com/corner/son-o...
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Thank you, Lexy.
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The Iranian revolution of 1979 ushered in multiple evils. The fall of that regime would offer widespread hope — for Iranians, for Israelis, for all of us.
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The story is told of a man who survived the Holocaust and was asked, “What is the greatest lesson you have learned in recent years?” He answered, “When someone says he wants to kill you, believe him.” Iran has been more than clear about its desire concerning Israel.
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A great question has been: Would a nuclear Iran be deterrable? The way the Soviet Union was, or China is? Some say yes, some say no. Some of us have said: Better not to test the question, regardless.
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"I, personally, believe all this Fourth of July stuff. I really do. All this Betsy Ross and apple-pie stuff. I believe it and, no doubt, always will."