Nordlinger grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which he refers to as a "Citadel of the Left", and opines about in his political columns.

In 2011, he filmed The Human Parade, with Jay Nordlinger, a TV series bringing hour-long interviews with various personalities.

[citation needed] In 2007, National Review Books published Here, There & Everywhere: Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger, comprising some 100 pieces on various subjects.

[6] In 2015, Encounter Books published Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators.

It was meant awarded to a journalist whose writing demonstrated "love of country and its democratic institutions" and "bears witness to the evils of totalitarianism."