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The Saturday Evening Post

July/August 2019
Magazine

The Saturday Evening Post, America’s oldest magazine, is a bimonthly publication dedicated to celebrating America – past, present and future. The Post delivers an historic perspective on the news that only a publication with its deep roots can provide.

The Saturday Evening Post

BY THE TIME I DIDN’T GET TO WOODSTOCK

CONTRIBUTORS

Letters

FISHING CREATED CIVILIZATION • From Nile River catfish to anchovies in the Andes, great empires were built on harvesting the sea, but today those ancient ways are threatened

THE RETURN OF THE HANDWRITTEN LETTER • It’s becoming a thing again to write letters and drop them into a physical mailbox

GAME OF MOANS • Sports seasons are way too long today

MY LIFE AS A MEME • How a meerkat selfie made me famous (for precisely 15 minutes)

KING OF THE GRILL

SERIOUSLY GOOD FILMS • Noted film critic Bill Newcott, creator of AARP’s “Movies for Grownups,” offers his picks

TOP 10 READS • Here’s what Chris Schluep, Senior Editor of Amazon Book Review, chose especially for Post readers this season:

Military Malpractice

THE GRID: COMMUNICATION TRENDS

Disappearing Act

David Crosby • Making music at 77 after a life of extraordinary highs and lows

Watermelon Rind Pickles

Salad Dressing Mixer Jar

TRAVEL

IN PRAISE OF WEEDS • Our favorite curmudgeons take aim at sacred cows

THE FAMILY ROAD TRIP • In the 1970s, with money tight and the economy flagging, most Americans packed their kids into the car when they wanted to go somewhere

THE FREEDOM TO ROAM • A surge in leisure time in the 20th century turned Americans into wanderers

BY THE TIME I GOT TO WOODSTOCK • The author of the festival’s program booklet recalls one helluva wild ride

IT CHANGED OUR LIVES • Billed as a three-day musical extravaganza, Woodstock became a defining 1960s moment

WOODSTOCK BY THE NUMBERS

MOONSHOT • It was nothing less than a nation’s patriotic determination to fulfill President Kennedy’s brazen pledge that got us to the moon 50 years ago

How to Retire • Bridging the psychological gap between work and what comes next

What’s Your Retirement Type?

THE ART OF N.C. WYETH • The illustrator who got his first big break painting covers for the Post would go on to found America’s greatest art dynasty

AN AMERICAN ART DYNASTY

The A Team

GOOD VIBRATIONS?

MEDICAL MAILBOX

Relax Your Back

HEARTBURN HAZARD

DRY EYES: GO EASY ON THE DROPS

FROM THE PHARMACY

WHY I ACT LIKE MY UNCLE HARRY

THE RIPE STUFF • Nothing says summer quite like a fresh-picked tomato

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES • Orrin Hudson uses chess to develop kids’ critical thinking skills and to inspire them to new heights

REMEMBERING THE 20TH CENTURY’S LEADING FEMALE ARCTIC EXPLORER • Louise Arner Boyd lived a double life — a philanthropist in the United States and a hero on the high seas

N.C. WYETH ART CREDITS

Did you find Ben Franklin’s hidden key?

LITTLE MISS PERFECT • Originally published June 5, 1965

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Tarzan Finds His Voice

AMERICA’S FAVORITE COW

TEAMMATES, NOT INMATES • Years before organizations like the Police Athletic League, the Post encouraged sports as a way to keep kids out of trouble

The Most Hated Woman in America • In the 1930s, Madalyn Murray was widely known, and disliked, for her atheism and her successful challenge to prayer in school. But the Post’s interviewer found her more in love with a tough fight than with the separation of church and state

Did We Say That? • A Look at the Post’s Occasional Lapses in Judgment

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The Saturday Evening Post, America’s oldest magazine, is a bimonthly publication dedicated to celebrating America – past, present and future. The Post delivers an historic perspective on the news that only a publication with its deep roots can provide.

The Saturday Evening Post

BY THE TIME I DIDN’T GET TO WOODSTOCK

CONTRIBUTORS

Letters

FISHING CREATED CIVILIZATION • From Nile River catfish to anchovies in the Andes, great empires were built on harvesting the sea, but today those ancient ways are threatened

THE RETURN OF THE HANDWRITTEN LETTER • It’s becoming a thing again to write letters and drop them into a physical mailbox

GAME OF MOANS • Sports seasons are way too long today

MY LIFE AS A MEME • How a meerkat selfie made me famous (for precisely 15 minutes)

KING OF THE GRILL

SERIOUSLY GOOD FILMS • Noted film critic Bill Newcott, creator of AARP’s “Movies for Grownups,” offers his picks

TOP 10 READS • Here’s what Chris Schluep, Senior Editor of Amazon Book Review, chose especially for Post readers this season:

Military Malpractice

THE GRID: COMMUNICATION TRENDS

Disappearing Act

David Crosby • Making music at 77 after a life of extraordinary highs and lows

Watermelon Rind Pickles

Salad Dressing Mixer Jar

TRAVEL

IN PRAISE OF WEEDS • Our favorite curmudgeons take aim at sacred cows

THE FAMILY ROAD TRIP • In the 1970s, with money tight and the economy flagging, most Americans packed their kids into the car when they wanted to go somewhere

THE FREEDOM TO ROAM • A surge in leisure time in the 20th century turned Americans into wanderers

BY THE TIME I GOT TO WOODSTOCK • The author of the festival’s program booklet recalls one helluva wild ride

IT CHANGED OUR LIVES • Billed as a three-day musical extravaganza, Woodstock became a defining 1960s moment

WOODSTOCK BY THE NUMBERS

MOONSHOT • It was nothing less than a nation’s patriotic determination to fulfill President Kennedy’s brazen pledge that got us to the moon 50 years ago

How to Retire • Bridging the psychological gap between work and what comes next

What’s Your Retirement Type?

THE ART OF N.C. WYETH • The illustrator who got his first big break painting covers for the Post would go on to found America’s greatest art dynasty

AN AMERICAN ART DYNASTY

The A Team

GOOD VIBRATIONS?

MEDICAL MAILBOX

Relax Your Back

HEARTBURN HAZARD

DRY EYES: GO EASY ON THE DROPS

FROM THE PHARMACY

WHY I ACT LIKE MY UNCLE HARRY

THE RIPE STUFF • Nothing says summer quite like a fresh-picked tomato

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES • Orrin Hudson uses chess to develop kids’ critical thinking skills and to inspire them to new heights

REMEMBERING THE 20TH CENTURY’S LEADING FEMALE ARCTIC EXPLORER • Louise Arner Boyd lived a double life — a philanthropist in the United States and a hero on the high seas

N.C. WYETH ART CREDITS

Did you find Ben Franklin’s hidden key?

LITTLE MISS PERFECT • Originally published June 5, 1965

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Tarzan Finds His Voice

AMERICA’S FAVORITE COW

TEAMMATES, NOT INMATES • Years before organizations like the Police Athletic League, the Post encouraged sports as a way to keep kids out of trouble

The Most Hated Woman in America • In the 1930s, Madalyn Murray was widely known, and disliked, for her atheism and her successful challenge to prayer in school. But the Post’s interviewer found her more in love with a tough fight than with the separation of church and state

Did We Say That? • A Look at the Post’s Occasional Lapses in Judgment

No,...


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