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Opinion: Zelenskyy's comedy background is ever-present in his approach to nations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Zelenskyy's comedy background is ever-present in his approach to nations

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the communication skills Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a comedian and actor, is using to lead his country.

Opinion: Zelenskyy's comedy background is ever-present in his approach to nations

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Saturday

Opinion: Spending big on old game tickets

Michael Jordan, No. 23 of the Chicago Bulls, is seen in a game in 1984. An unused ticket from his first game as a Bull, Oct. 26, 1984, has sold for $468,000. Rick Stewart/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Spending big on old game tickets

NPR's Scott Simon wonders about the money collectors paid for ticket stubs: one for the 1st game Jackie Robinson played as a Dodger, the other for the 1st game Michael Jordan played as a Chicago Bull.

Opinion: Spending big on old game tickets

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Saturday

Opinion: Our world's chilling return to authoritarianism

Ukrainian citizens hold posters and national flags during a demonstration in support of Ukraine outside the Russian Embassy in Lima, Peru, on Friday. Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Our world's chilling return to authoritarianism

NPR's Scott Simon recalls the years of the Cold War, its aftermath and how hopes for a freer world seem to have dimmed.

Opinion: Our world's chilling return to authoritarianism

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Tuesday

With love and tears: My first and last memories of Dr. Paul Farmer

Dr. Paul Farmer (right) and Dr. Sriram Shamasunder on the Butaro hospital campus in Rwanda on Feb. 17. Farmer died on Feb. 21. Courtesy of Chandler Villaverde hide caption

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With love and tears: My first and last memories of Dr. Paul Farmer

Dr. Sriram Shamasunder just spent a week in Rwanda at the university co-founded by Paul Farmer — and witnessed the passion and compassion of this global health champion days before his untimely death.

Saturday

Opinion: Famous, but wanting to be forgotten

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Opinion: Famous, but wanting to be forgotten

The fight by an Indian reality television star to get websites to erase his driving under the influence arrest recalls a larger movement to be forgotten.

Opinion: Famous, but wanting to be forgotten

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Thursday

Opinion: It's time we turn the tables on Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Germany's chancellor following their meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on Tuesday. That day the Kremlin said it pulled back some Russian troops but the U.S. and NATO have rejected the claim. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: It's time we turn the tables on Putin

The United States should tell Russia its troops need to be back in their regular barracks by March 1, argues former diplomat Brett Bruen.

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Opinion: My father's Valentine's Day cufflinks

Scott Simon's cufflinks, gifted from his mother to his father one Valentine's Day, after they had divorced. Scott Simon hide caption

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Opinion: My father's Valentine's Day cufflinks

NPR's Scott Simon recalls two elephant cufflinks his mother gave his father for Valentine's Day years after their divorce, and how that gift speaks of a love greater than romantic love.

Opinion: My father's Valentine's Day cufflinks

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Saturday

Opinion: Remember reading the paper?

A worker at a San Francisco Chronicle printing plant arranges stacks of freshly printed newspapers in 2007. Its digital version, like that of so many newspapers', is behind a paywall. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Remember reading the paper?

NPR's Scott Simon laments newspaper paywalls and wishes there was an easier, cost-effective way to read a lot of newspapers online without needing so many subscriptions.

Opinion: Remember reading the paper?

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Saturday

Opinion: A case for Hong Kong's hamsters

A hamster sits in a cage after being adopted by volunteers who stopped an owner from surrendering it to the government outside the New Territories South Animal Management Centre on January 20, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. Louise Delmotte/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: A case for Hong Kong's hamsters

Hong Kong's government is directing anyone who bought a hamster in the past five weeks to surrender their pets for euthanasia after 11 of the animals tested positive for the coronavirus.

Opinion: A case for Hong Kong's hamsters

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Opinion: Remembering a friendship with Terry Teachout

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Opinion: Remembering a friendship with Terry Teachout

NPR's Scott Simon remembers theater critic and playwright Terry Teachout, who died this week at the age of 65.

Opinion: Remembering a friendship with Terry Teachout

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