Snowquester Fizzles, But We're Humbled Anyway
After Snowquester fizzled, Scott Simon muses that snow forecasts falling so flat is a sound reminder, during a time of national debate, that experts can be wrong.
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Catholic Universities See True Path To Salvation: Basketball
A powerful leadership group — the Catholic Seven — is stepping forward and heading in a bold new direction: basketball. These schools want out of the Big (football) East Conference.
Cologne: Cultural Choice Or Necessity?
Comedian Kevin Heffernan considers how his life will change if he starts wearing cologne.
Pianist Van Cliburn, Warmed Russian Hearts During Cold War
The Texan won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 — and wooed Russians in the process. Van Cliburn died Wednesday at 78.
Are You Overwhelmed? You Don't Have To Be
We seem to be stressed out these days. Everybody I know says that they feel overwhelmed a lot of the time. Why is this? What is going on?
Historical Vocab: When We Get It Wrong, Does It Matter?
We're living in an age obsessed with authenticity, says linguist Geoff Nunberg, but we often choose to nitpick the wrong details. Whether it's Downton Abbey, Mad Men, Lincoln or Argo, Nunberg argues, a historical novel or screenplay should give us a translation, not a transcription.
Man Of Tomorrow: Superman, Orson Scott Card And Me
NPR contributor Glen Weldon talks about why he, a Superman nerd and a gay man, won't be reading a new iteration of the Man of Steel penned by author Orson Scott Card.
Is Honest Abe's Stovepipe Hat A Fake?
State officials in Illinois want to conduct DNA tests on the top hat on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to see if he ever really wore it. Museum officials think the idea is worse than bad.
An Affair To Remember In Pre-Independence India
It began like a typical Bollywood story. Boy meets girl in pre-independence India. They fall in love. Her family says no way. So one night, she escapes. NPR commentator Sandip Roy recounts how his great-aunt jumped off a moving train for love, and went on to have a happy 60-year-long marriage.
It's The Dog Days For America's Sports Dynasties
We used to have three bona fide dynasties: the Yankees in baseball, the Celtics and Lakers in basketball, and the Cowboys in football. We even had dynasties in college sports. But no more. Commentator Frank Deford says our dynasties are melting as fast as the Arctic ice cap.