Everyone understood [Charlie Hebdo], as people had understood for hundreds of years, knowing that Rabelaisian tradition of French satire, they knew how to read it. And they understood the kind of release from piety that it represented every week. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters? — Scott Simon Copy Share
When they mention great little things in life, they usually forget flossing. — Scott Simon Copy Share
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
Srebrenica's not simply another reminder of man's inhumanity to man, but how intelligent people can always come up with intelligent reasons to do nothing. — Scott Simon Copy Share
Reading will put you into the minds and hearts of others. It might help you understand why other people do what they do sometimes. — Scott Simon Copy Share
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