Obama, Ryan Pitch Medicare Plans To Older Voters
President Obama and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan spoke Friday at the annual AARP convention in New Orleans, Medicare and Social Security topped the agenda for both. NPR's Ina Jaffe...
View ArticleWhy Didn't Romney Pay Less Than 14 Percent In 2011?
Mitt Romney released his 2011 tax return Friday, along with a summary of the tax rates he has paid over the past 20 years. NPR's John Ydstie reports Romney apparently paid more than he had to.
View ArticleStudy On Dead Fish's Thoughts Snags Ig Nobel Prize
Host Scott Simon speaks with Craig Bennett and Michael Miller about being awarded a 2012 Ig Nobel prize for their paper on the brain waves of dead Atlantic Salmon, published in the Journal of...
View ArticleLabor Unrest In S. African Mines Spreads
In South Africa, thousands of mineworkers have embarked on industrial action that began with a deadly pay strike by platinum workers. They've agreed a wage deal with their management, this week, but...
View ArticleBaseball Breakdown: What's Left In MLB
Only 12 days left of Major League Baseball. Host Scott Simon looks at the numbers with baseball historian Bill James.
View ArticleNev. Voters Scrutinize Candidates' Economic Messages
President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney have made multiple trips to the battleground state of Nevada this year. Romney was there again Friday. Nevada has the worst jobless rate in the nation, and...
View ArticleWarring Political Ads: One Community's Experience
NPR's Ari Shapiro joins host Scott Simon to preview a pair of pieces he's reported for next week on the political ad wars. He talks about the unprecedented number of ads, the money and how it feels in...
View ArticleDuncan On Chicago: 'When Adults Fight, Kids Lose'
The Chicago teachers' strike came to an end this week. Host Scott Simon speaks with Education Secretary Arne Duncan about the resolution.
View ArticleThere's Still Time For Romney To Make An Effective Case
Despite a series of political fumbles, Mitt Romney is "still very much in the game," according to political strategist Steve Schmidt. But, he says, it will take some work. Schmidt served as John...
View ArticleThe Emoticon Turns 30, Seems Happy About It :-)
The emoticon, punctuation to depict a facial expression, began 30 years ago this week. Using three keystrokes, the colon, dash and parenthesis, to suggest a smile may not be a great scientific advance,...
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