I know end might be near as this is only day of my adulthood I’ve seen my mother and she hasn’t asked,… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Almost every continent in the world, including our own, has refugees. But how often when we hear the word do we pause to remind… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
I take Charb's point, but at some point has Charlie Hebdo been trying to have it both ways because some of what they do… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Janis Joplin didn't just sing a song, she took it over. She swallowed it whole, then sent it back through her gut and her… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don't matter; they're just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it's… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
It's not the cost (although that pinches), or the time (though that grinds). After a while, it's the sheer galling indignity of being asked… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Fidel Castro takes up so much space in the Cuban mind. It's hard for us to imagine as Americans - isn't it? - how… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Fifteen-year-old girls produce children with sixteen-year-old boys in the backseat of cars and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Why can't two loving adults… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters? — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
When they mention great little things in life, they usually forget flossing. — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
I was a kid and it was kind of scabrous, and it wasn't the sacrilege that bothered me so much as the obscenity that… — Scott Simon Copy Share Image
