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A 'Tough, Smart, Proud Town' Meets Terror With Determination
Saturday, April 20, 2013
People in Boston can speak for themselves. And do. Loudly, bluntly and often with humor that bites.
It's a city that speaks with both its own broad, homebrew, local accent — although no one really pahks thea cah in Havahd Yahd — and dialects from around the world. It is ...
At The Spelling Bee, Spelling Is No Longer Enough
Saturday, April 13, 2013
This week, the National Spelling Bee announced that spelling will no longer be enough.
Beginning this year, contestants in the early rounds will not only have to know how to spell, say, "flocculent," but also know whether it's:
A) an intestinal disorder among sheep
B) the stuffing inside a ...
How Did All Those People Get Inside Jonathan Winters?
Saturday, April 13, 2013
You can call anyone but Einstein a genius and start an argument.
Well, maybe Einstein or Jonathan Winters. The comedian, who died Friday at the age of 87, was immediately hailed by Steve Martin, Robin Williams and others as a genius.
He made hit comedy albums, was a regular on ...
Roger Ebert: Elegance And Empathy
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Roger Ebert was a critic, not a blowtorch. He could be sharp if he thought a movie insulted the audience, but had a champ's disdain for a cheap shot.
Many critics ridiculed the film Deep Throat when it came out in 1973. Who couldn't mock its absurdities? Roger just wrote, ...
Humble Gestures Are New Pope's Symbol Of Service
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Sometimes great change can be revealed in small gestures. This week Pope Francis knelt on the stone floor of a detention facility in Rome to wash and kiss the feet of 12 young inmates.
Other popes have carried out this rite on Holy Thursday. It is a ceremony to emulate ...
Resurrected Frog Gives Us Cause To Brood
Saturday, March 23, 2013
The gastric brooding frog may be coming back. Does that give us a lot to brood about, too?
This week scientists at the University of New South Wales' Lazarus Project announced they have reproduced the genome — that bit of biological material that carries our genetic structure — of a ...
The Power Of A Father's Love Overturns His Beliefs
Saturday, March 16, 2013
When Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio on Friday became the latest conservative politician to announce his support for same-sex marriage, he disclosed that his son, Will, a junior at Yale University, had told him two years ago that he is gay; and that love and admiration for his son had ...
Snowquester Fizzles, But We're Humbled Anyway
Saturday, March 09, 2013
Snowquester fizzled.
Wednesday was more or less canceled this week in official Washington, D.C. An enormous winter storm bore down on the region, threatening ice, a foot of snow in the city (more in the suburbs), and wind and misery throughout the region.
Most of the federal government was closed. ...
Pianist Van Cliburn, Warmed Russian Hearts During Cold War
Saturday, March 02, 2013
Van Cliburn thawed out the Cold War.
He went to Moscow in 1958 for the first International Tchaikovsky Competition. When he sat down to play, Russians saw a tall, 23-year-old Texan, rail thin and tousle-haired, with great, gangly fingers that grew evocative and eloquent when he played the music of ...
A N.Y. Cop's Good Intentions, Complicated Results
Saturday, December 08, 2012
Jesse Jackson Jr.: Great Hopes And Disappointments
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Jimmy Hoffa: Still Searching. Still Waiting.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
'A Chance To Start Over': Wounded Vets Ride Again
Saturday, April 21, 2012
It's A Girl! The New iPhone Speaks
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Guest Picks: Scott Simon
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
What is Scott Simon listening to right now? Find out what he told us after his recent appearance on The Leonard Lopate Show
Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Scott Simon, host of NPR’s Weekend Edition, tells the story of how he and his wife found true love with two tiny strangers from the other side of the world. In Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption, he shares the anxieties, along with the joy, of adoption, and includes the stories of other adoptive families.