"Jia-Mei Simon" was imprinted along the bottom, like the name under a photo in a class yearbook. On the initial reaction of his daughter Elise upon meeting her new parents in China, "We were feeding her, holding her. She immediately became our child, and our identity with her deepened every day and deepens every day even now. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. Before I met her, I'd hardly been lonely, but this was the first time I'd been hit over the head by a two-by-four. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs.". We have information on 57 results for Caroline Richard, including phone numbers and addresses . January 7, 2023 In the film, "The Pale Blue Eye," a detective investigates a series of murders linked to his own past alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. A month before, this moment couldn't have happened fast enough. And he was around for a lot. Today, you can get whatever news you want to hear, on platforms that place audiences into different foxholes of opinion, where they can dig in against any idea they don't like. Then a black quilted coat. Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. He co-anchored PBS's "Millennium 2000" coverage in concert with the BBC, and has co-hosted the televised Columbia-DuPont Awards. The daughter of Andrea Heinemann Simon, a civil rights activist, and Richard Simon, co-founder of the book publisher Simon & Schuster, she found singing an effective way to overcome a childhood . NPR turned 50 this week. Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. He explains that the adoption process in the United States is particularly taxing and can discourage many potential parents. NPR's Scott Simon talks with writer John Hendrickson. ''When Caroline began to giggle during the two minutes of silence, it confirmed everything for me,'' Mr. Simon said afterward. Something in her face, and in her tiny, tender shoulders, seemed to call out. NPR is in North Korea as the country celebrates 70 years of existence. People named Caroline Richard Find your friends on Facebook Log in or sign up for Facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. He received the Presidential End Hunger Award for his coverage of the Ethiopian civil war and famine, and a special citation from the Peabody Awards for his weekly essays, which were cited as "consistently thoughtful, graceful, and challenging." Breathtaking. NPR was founded with a mission, not just a business plan: to deliver news and share stories that can move and enchant, in a diversity of voices from around the nation and the world, in a way that is fair, nonpartisan, professional and accessible. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. Scott Simon (born March 16, 1952)[1][2] is an American journalist and the host of Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR. 2023 Western New York Public Broadcasting Association. Also, what's ahead for Congressman George Santos and the nation's economy. Get a quick look at the most important local stories of the day with KUOW's Today So Far newsletter. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. We sure need them.". "It is difficult, time-consuming and expensive to adopt a child in this country," he says. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, an essay about the joys of adoption, was published in August 2010. We looked at the other happy new families across the room. Five sets of strangers were together on the bus, about to share one of the most intimate moments of our lives. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." He has thrown out the first pitch at Wrigley Field (low and . I've interviewed all three astronauts who flew on the first mission to the moon, and profiled three people who've been made saints, including Mother Teresa. January 7, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon speaks with conductor Marin Alsop about concerts she is conducting this weekend in Chicago, which feature exclusively works by female composers. Affirming. Family pharmacy, builder at odds over planned location. Scott Turow called it "a treasure. The family was staying at a hotel near the restaurant at the center of the poisoning incident, and had bought food there for one of their daughters. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. His career also encompasses writing and television. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. We saw smiling middle-aged women in white smocks holding babies, cooing, singing, and hefting them in their arms. We've ripped a baby away from the only place she's ever known, to bring her some place on the other side of the world that might as well be the moon. NJ wants 'fairness' over 'sameness' in education. She sat in Caroline's lap, then mine. He has also received the Barry M. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund. Weekend Edition Saturday has been called by the Washington Post, "the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial," and by Brett Martin of Time Out New York, "the most eclectic, intelligent two hours of broadcasting on the airwaves." "That baby is so much more to you than its ethnicity," he says. Please stay tuned. We ate and talked and tried to amuse, divert, and win over our daughter with songs, food, and funny voices, leaving her sullen and unmoved, all the while asking ourselves, "What have we done? we'd say, "When would you like to hear it?". His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. Sports Illustrated called his book Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan "extraordinaryuniformly superba memoir of such breadth and reach that it compares favorably with Fredrick Exley's A Fan's Notes." we asked softly. He is the award-winning host of Weekend Edition Saturday. "A sad day," sighed Julie from Utah, while the cityscape of Nanchang, China, slabs of brown and gray with wet laundry flapping, rolled by our windows. With over 4 million listeners it is the most-listened to news program on NPR. Carolinne Simon, 28 years of Moorestown, NJ passed away on October 6, 2022. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. Simon says moments like these have made him extremely glad he became a father -- and that the process of adopting his daughters has changed his life. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. Simon has contributed articles to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times of London, The Guardian, and Gourmet among other publications, and won a James Beard Award for his story, Conflict Cuisine in Gourmet. For Simon and Caroline, that instinct was so strong that it drowned out any concern they may have had about there being an ethnic barrier between them and their adopted children. She put her into my wife's arms. Simon's tweets to his 1.25 million Twitter followers from his mother's bedside in the summer of 2013 gathered major media attention around the world. January 14, 2023 The NFL playoffs kick off today; the Australian Open opens tomorrow; and the Olympic figure skating doping scandal continues. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and carefree vacations. Shigu, our trip coordinator, came by our room. So: this is where we are going to become parents. It is as poignant and tender and wise as Tuesdays with Morrie, with the added virtues of being unflinching and, quite often, very funny." ''That's exactly the reaction I want from my life's companion. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. He also hosts public television specials and does stories for CBS Sunday Morning. But most of all, I've gotten to share the stories of thousands of people who opened their lives to us. He and his wife, Caroline Richard, are the parents of two cheri Sun., Oct. 26, 2008 Scott Simon, the host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Saturday, has reported from Iraq, Kosovo and . "Complete rapture. Some interviews have been difficult, or painful like when we asked Bill Cosby about the sexual assault allegations against him and he stayed silent. It's a huge part of his life. "There is no way that we're going to spare them the sting and the hurt of feeling that at some point there was someone who gave them up," he says. They smiled back wanly. Basically, its college radio for adults. Mr. Simon added: ''I had what amounted to a war wound. He has thrown out the first pitch at Wrigley Field (low and outside) and appeared as Mother Ginger in the Ballet Austin production of The Nutcracker. Looking back, the transition is very quick. Not much of whatever it was. Caroline Richard (I) Additional Crew + Add or change photo on IMDbPro Contribute to IMDb. This book will change lives, restore hopes to the brokenhearted, and remind the rest of us what is truly important." Why would you do that? Scott received the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016, the state's highest honor. Our baby was famished. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. 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