Scott Simon
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OPINION: Trump's U.N. speech, a stark contrast with past presidents (opens the original)
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The world took note when President Trump told the United Nations General Assembly this week that he had asked himself whether to make a deal with Iran - or... "Do I drive them into hell with no chance of survival and no hope of future greatness or generations?" Those words seem especially forbidding from a leader who can command armies to march and missiles to fly. On August 6, 1945, President Harry Truman told the world the United States had dropped the first atomic bomb, on Hiroshima, Japan. I
To spot a 'Mockingbird': London thrift manager finds rare U.S. literary 1st edition (opens the original)
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Workers at thrift stores dig through boxes of donations and occasionally uncover a gem. Olivia Haysman-Walker is the manager of a bookshop on Portobello Road in London that's run by the global charity Oxfam. Thank you so much for being with us. OLIVIA HAYSMAN-WALKER: Thank you for having me. HAYSMAN-WALKER: It was an antiquarian edition of "To Kill A Mockingbird." And we're always on the lookout for beloved classics that might be valuable. They might be something special. And this one turned out
Celine Dion returns to the stage after rare neurological diagnosis (opens the original)
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(SOUNDBITE OF CELINE DION SONG, "MY HEART WILL GO ON") Celine Dion returns to the stage tonight, and she'll be belting out many of her best-known power ballads. Her performance comes four years after she announced that she'd been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome. It's a rare neurological condition that causes painful muscle spasms. The illness forced her to take a break, but now Celine Dion is back in a country where she has a huge fan base. Over the next couple of months, the singer will pe
OPINION: 25 years on, a nation still mourns (opens the original)
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Yesterday marked a quarter century since the 9-11 terrorist attacks. I still remember — I will always remember —walking the streets of Lower Manhattan through rows of faces in photographs pasted on lampposts and walls with urgent, wrenching words: "Have you seen my wife?" "Last seen, 8:20 AM, Tuesday." "Have you seen our daughter?" "…our father?" "…my best friend?" The question marks pierced into you like hooks. The attacks of September 11, 2001, were attacks on America. But America is made up o
Opinion: A sculpture in perpetual motion, removed (opens the original)
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A big blue presence has vanished from the landscape of Washington DC. On Wednesday a crew removed a 24-foot-tall metal sculpture called Blue, by Joel Shapiro, from the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Our family turned out to say goodbye. Blue is a giant stick figure with what seems to be four limbs, standing on what might be one leg, while the other is lifted. To walk, to leap, to dance? The upper-most limbs, which look like arms, are extended. To welcome, twirl, s
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