Ramadan, Passover, Easter - NPR's Scott Simon remarks on an unusual weekend when three of the world's major religions are celebrating their faiths.

This week, President Biden said Vladimir Putin has committed war crimes in Ukraine, but will the Russian president ever stand trial for such crimes? NPR's Scott Simon discusses in this week's essay.

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the cooperation between Americans and Russians working with the International Space Station, despite tensions on Earth over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the communication skills Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a comedian and actor, is using to lead his country.

NPR's Scott Simon wonders about the money collectors paid for ticket stubs: one for the 1st game Jackie Robinson played as a Dodger, the other for the 1st game Michael Jordan played as a Chicago Bull.

NPR's Scott Simon recalls the years of the Cold War, its aftermath and how hopes for a freer world seem to have dimmed.

The fight by an Indian reality television star to get websites to erase his driving under the influence arrest recalls a larger movement to be forgotten.

NPR's Scott Simon recalls two elephant cufflinks his mother gave his father for Valentine's Day years after their divorce, and how that gift speaks of a love greater than romantic love.

NPR's Scott Simon laments newspaper paywalls and wishes there was an easier, cost-effective way to read a lot of newspapers online without needing so many subscriptions.

Hong Kong's government is directing anyone who bought a hamster in the past five weeks to surrender their pets for euthanasia after 11 of the animals tested positive for the coronavirus.

Scott Simon imagines a world where beleaguered IT workers gained the recognition they deserve through the use of sea shanties.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers theater critic and playwright Terry Teachout, who died this week at the age of 65.

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of twins born 15 minutes apart, one just before midnight on Dec. 31, 2021, and one just after, and what their birth years might mean in the future.

People are understandably stressed this Christmas, including Santa.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on "The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a Grassy Bank," by Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. The previously unknown drawing was unveiled this week in London.