  Scalar mesons are a key expression of the strong physics regime of QCD and
the role condensates, particularly $<q{\bar q}>$, play in breaking chiral
symmetry.
  What new insights have been provided by recent experiments on $D, D_s$ and
$J/\psi$ decays to light hadrons is discussed. We need to establish whether all
the claimed scalars $\sigma$, $\kappa$, $f_0(1370)$, etc., really exist and
with what parameters before we can meaningfully speculate further about which
is transiently ${\bar q}q$, ${\bar{qq}} qq$, multi-meson molecule or largely
glue.
