Commentary

Sports

Remembering The '69 World Series And The Miracle Mets

6:03pm October 20, 2014

by Brian Naylor

The Kansas City Royals are the surprise team in the World Series, which reminded NPR's Brian Naylor of the series he attended 45 years ago, when the Miracle New York Mets upset the favored Baltimore Orioles.

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The Boston Herald published this cartoon earlier this month.

The Boston Herald's Missed 'Cartoongate' Lessons

10:38am October 20, 2014

by Eric Deggans

The newspaper's heartfelt column about a political cartoon that was widely criticized as racist raises a question: Did editors learn the right lessons from the uproar?

Politics & Government

A Candidate With Low Poll Numbers, But High Hopes

3:46pm October 18, 2014

by Scott Simon

Dr. Doug Butzier was the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate in Iowa when he died in a small plane crash this week. NPR's Scott Simon thinks on the hopes even "lost cause" candidates inspire.

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Sports

Baseball, Vietnam And Coming Of Age At The 1969 World Series

5:44pm October 15, 2014

by Brian Naylor

On Oct. 15, 1969, hundreds of thousands marched in Washington to protest the Vietnam War. But it was also Game 4 of the World Series, and NPR's Brian Naylor, then 14, knew where he had to be.

Mahatma Gandhi wasn't always a beloved figure; his defense of women and children rattled the world.

World News

In A Way, Gandhi Also Won 2014's Nobel Peace Prize

2:20pm October 11, 2014

by Scott Simon

In a week when two Nobel Peace Prize winners were announced, NPR's Scott Simon reflects on Mahatma Gandhi's life. Though Gandhi never won the prize, 2014's winners carry on his legacy.

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Kyla Marrkand, 17, is a millennial on the younger end of the spectrum.

National

Why You Should Start Taking Millennials Seriously

12:28pm October 08, 2014

by Selena Simmons-Duffin

There are more millennials in the U.S. than there are baby boomers. Why do they get so many eye rolls?

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Sports

Deford: A New Sports Talk Show By Women, But Will People Watch?

12:22pm October 08, 2014

by Frank Deford

Women are everywhere in sports — coaches, executives, athletes and reporters. Commentator Frank Deford wonders why there's still low viewership for women's sports on TV.

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Arts

Does Television Spanglish Need A Rewrite?

5:50pm October 04, 2014

by Jasmine Garsd

More Hollywood writers are having Latino characters speak a mix of English and Spanish. But if Latinos themselves are divided over Spanglish, how can the entertainment industry get it right?

Firing a man on a mobile phone in a public setting? NPR's Scott Simon doubts that's in any manual of etiquette or management techniques.

A Stranger On A Train, A Phone Call, A Man's Life Transformed

1:50pm October 04, 2014

by Scott Simon

Announcing a layoff over the phone is bad etiquette, but it's the stuff of a great short story. When NPR's Scott Simon overheard such a moment, he couldn't help but try to fill in the gaps.

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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank regularly makes banned book lists, but not because it details the terror of hiding from Nazi occupiers.

Books

Banned Books Remind Us Of The Power Of The Written Word

11:07am September 27, 2014

by Scott Simon

Pick up a banned book. Look for the scenes and language that once made people blush. Do those sections still have the power to make you gasp?

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