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BY THE TIME I DIDN’T GET TO WOODSTOCK
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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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