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News Articles: Opinion

Demonstrators hold up lights from their phones during a rally organized by Hong Kong mothers in support of extradition law protesters, in Hong Kong on July 5, 2019.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: 'Glory be to thee, Hong Kong!'

What is so dangerous about the song, "Glory to Hong Kong"? NPR's Scott Simon explains that the Chinese government is cracking down on any singing, quoting, or use of the song.

May 11, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
A screenshot from the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntjkwIXWtrc">new ad for "the thinnest Apple product ever."</a>

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  • Arts & Life

Yes, Apple's new iPad ad is ugly and crushing, but art can't be flattened

The newest iPad ad depicts instruments, books and art supplies flattened into Apple's thinnest product ever. But anyone who owns and loves art in any form knows: The practicality isn't the point.

May 10, 2024
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  • Linda Holmes
People visit exhibits inside the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins, Thursday, July 20, 2023, at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Ancient gastronomy from mammoths to muesli

Forget the saber-toothed tiger steaks: a new study published this week reveals that ancient humans also ate their veggies. NPR's Scott Simon marvels at the menu.

May 04, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Scott Simon's daughter Elise and his wife, Caroline, on Elise's first birthday.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: We do anything to make our kids smile

NPR's Scott Simon muses about the passage of parental time, now that his eldest daughter has turned 21.

April 29, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
New York Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling speaks during the teams 63rd Old Timers Day before the game against the Detroit Tigers on July 19, 2009, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: The voice of Yankees legends bids farewell

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the long career of John Sterling, the New York Yankees' play-by-play announcer, who is retiring at the age of 85.

April 20, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Preview visitors attend the Neo Rauch exhibition "Begleiter" at Pinakothek der Moderne art museum in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 2010.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Open Wall nights could lead to the next artistic visionary

An art gallery worker lost his job in February after hanging up his own art. NPR's Scott Simon thinks an Open Wall night might be a good way to give artists who are not huge names a chance to shine.

April 13, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
US President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One at Minneapolis-Sait Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 1, 2022.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Air Force One and the great pillowcase plunder

Journalists with sticky fingers: NPR's Scott Simon talks about items missing from Air Force One, prompting the White House Correspondents Association to remind reporters to leave these things be.

April 06, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Judge Alla Nazarova attends a hearing in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in Moscow on Nov. 25, 2021.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Russian Jehovah's Witnesses remain devout despite facing bans

Russia's ban on Jehovah's Witnesses has led to raids, arrests and imprisonment. NPR's Scott Simon says that the religion the Russian government calls "extreme" would be better described as "devout."

March 30, 2024
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  • Scott Simon

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  • Health

My patients think Ozempic is a wonder drug. But it can't fix fat phobia

Yes, as Oprah enthused, the drugs help people shrink their bodies. But the psychological damage of weight stigma can't be so easily cured, a doctor writes.

March 23, 2024
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  • Mara Gordon
Scott Simon has a new, foster cat in addition to a dog and hamster.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Animals have overtaken our lives, and we're having a wonderful time

NPR's Scott Simon muses on his family's life with animals — a dog, a foster cat, a hamster in a hamster ball — and all that entails.

March 17, 2024
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  • Scott Simon

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  • Perspective

Wrestling with my husband's fear of getting COVID again

My husband is high risk and still takes COVID precautions. I want our old life back.

March 11, 2024
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  • Malaka Gharib
Anastasios Adamopoulos was driving a city bus early Monday morning in Chicago when he saw homes on fire. He stopped to help.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Some heroes drive city buses

NPR's Scott Simon recounts the heroic actions of a Chicago bus driver and his passengers, who saw buildings on fire at 2 a.m. and raced to warn residents.

March 09, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Wherein lies the snub? <em>Barbie</em> has been nominated for eight Oscars.

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  • Pop Culture

Award shows have become outrage generators. Surely there's another way?

From a perceived Barbie snub to the notching of a few significant historical firsts, this awards season has magnified the flaws in how art is celebrated and valued.

March 07, 2024
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  • Aisha Harris
Former Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell made headlines for the $800,000 in cash stuffed in shoeboxes found when he died. For more than half a century, a Powell-established $250,000 trust sustained his legacy. But the account that maintained his birthplace as a museum will soon run dry.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Welcome to Payola World!

Illinois has a chance to enshrine its long history of corruption.

February 25, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
Alexei Navalny in Berlin in 2020, surrounded by his wife and two children.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Navalny's spirit and legacy live on

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Alexei Navalny. The Russian opposition leader died Friday in a penal colony.

February 17, 2024
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  • Scott Simon
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