House Passes Bill To Limit Robocalls

In a near-unanimous display of bipartisanship, the House of Representatives voted 417-3 to pass a bill cracking down on robocalls by requiring phone providers to give the option to block such callers at no additional cost. What do you think?

Opinion: This Art Is Bananas

People view Maurizio Cattelan

A banana taped to a wall was sold for $120,000 as a piece of art. NPR’s Scott Simon wonders how it makes people think about the passage of time.

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Sock It To Me: In Praise Of An Evergreen Holiday Gift

Socks on display in the NPR gift shop.

It’s the Christmas gift for when you can’t think of what else to give — socks! And they’re having their fashion-world moment, says Steven Frumkin, a dean at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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