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Scott Simon
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nprscottsimon
Washington, DC
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Host NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday Author: My Cubs: A Love Story, NY Times bestseller Unforgettable. Special Contributor CBS Sunday Morning. Husband, father.
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Animal welfare isn't a left/right issue. It's about finding our humanity in seeing the life, worth, and preciousness in the other beings who share this planet with us. Good for you, Stormy--and Tammy.
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Lulu, my voice is a lot squeakier than yours. Pay no mind. Your voice has the matchless authority of someone who knows what she's talking about. Letters like this go with the territory, though sometimes I want to say, "Thanks. And what do you do for a living?" twitter.com/lourdesgnavarr…
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Our dog Daisy could have posed for this silhouette; though of course, as a French poodle, she prefers Gitanes. Nasty, unhealthy habit, and we're trying to persuade her to stop. But you know the French... twitter.com/_youhadonejob1…
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Scott Simon
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Great interview with a great poet. I am a city kid, who only reveres the nature on the walls of Wrigley Field--but love his poetry and outlook: theparisreview.org/interviews/132…
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Scott Simon
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Warmest congrats to my boyhood pal Ben Taylor, winner of LA Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical Prose for “The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered.” (The young me rates a short paragraph) Ben is a great talent and friend. festivalofbooks2018.sched.com
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This is how it's supposed to be--put aside everything else to remember a great woman and each other. twitter.com/meridithmcgraw…
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Scott Simon
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I ask this as someone who has the middle name of Sullivan: is this a skit that just exploits vicious ethnic stereotypes of Irish and Catholics that would be unthinkable to perform about other groups? youtu.be/1_glHa8F7fA via @YouTube
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Scott Simon
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Actually, you ought to hear our editorial meetings. That phrase gets tossed around a lot. twitter.com/AnnaMarieH/sta…
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Scott Simon
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--and more "third rate journalists" (and friends & colleagues): @lourdesgnavarro @MichelMcQMartin @KatyTurNBC @sarahmccammon--and scores of others for whom I just can't figure out their Twitter handles!
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Scott Simon
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It would be good to pardon Jack Johnson (albeit too late to do much for him). But the injustice done to hime is a well-known story in American history. Shouldn't need a call from a Hollywood star to learn about it. I hope he would have taken a call from James Earl Jones, too. twitter.com/realDonaldTrum…
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Scott Simon
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Our daughters have no interest in being journalists. But if they ever do, I'll tell them to be a "third-rate journalist" like @maggieNYT (& @NinaTotenberg @NPRKelly @rachelnpr @ailsachang @MaraLiasson @ElBeardsley @JulieMcCarthyJM @tamarakeithNPR etc.)
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Scott Simon
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All of us who are baseball fans (or parents and children) hope this young man gets better and can continue the game he loves: bleacherreport.com/articles/27717… via @BleacherReport
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Scott Simon
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I don't like phrases like "fiendishly clever" or "mischievous" in this story. Seems to me that intelligent beings figured out how to make a break for their freedom: iflscience.com/plants-and-ani…
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Scott Simon
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So glad and grateful that this amazing teacher opened her heart to us: n.pr/2GWm7FT
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Scott Simon
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A fine tribute to yes, a great novel that's inspired two great films, which I hope inspire more people to read the great novel: thebea.st/2vvkidH?source… via @thedailybeast
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Scott Simon
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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you’re dead.”
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Scott Simon
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I keep this by Sir Tom Stoppard on my desk top:
1) “Words are innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across the incomprehension and chaos..."
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Marc Schulman
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Thanks Miguel Juarez Middle School @WaukeganSchools sprucing up #Seneca Park Eli’s Playground @TheMagMile #streeterville for #EarthDay2018 pic.twitter.com/nllpbfFYzh
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Scott Simon
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Our pleasure, Sam. So good to talk to you! twitter.com/sentencebender…
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Scott Simon
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You have to wonder (or maybe the answer is obvious) why @RT_com never reports on the many Russian journalists who die under questionable circumstances. But I also wonder how any US or UK journalist can work for RT? n.pr/2F3zrT6
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