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Opinion: Timely Halloween costumes

NPR's Scott Simon muses on some of the costumes he'd like to see this second pandemic Halloween.
Children wear face masks to protect them during the pandemic while trick-or-treating on Halloween night in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, on Oct. 31, 2020.

This weekend is Halloween. Sidewalks will teem with young trick-or-treaters, dressed as demons, ghosts and monsters. But this year, do we really need more reasons to shriek?

Now that they are older, our daughters have confided that they're sure I have

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