The Saturday Evening Post

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

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Letters

THERE’S GOT TO BE SOMETHING OUT THERE • The government has been secretly researching UFOs for years. Why are they hiding it from us?

NOBLE MONSTER • The Shadow inspired today’s world of comic-book superheroes who are darker and scarier than the bad guys they fight

PORCH SONGS • The pollinators are in jeopardy, but in our small corner of the world, we’re doing what we can

DO I KNOW YOU? • What it’s like to live in a world where you are incapable of recognizing faces or places

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Seriously Good Film and TV • Film critic Bill Newcott offers his entertainment picks for mature audiences

TOP 10 SUMMER READS • Every month, Amazon staffers sift through hundreds of new books searching for gems. Here’s what Amazon senior editor Al Woodworth chose especially for Post readers this season:

YOU BE THE JUDGE

THE GRID: WATER WORLD

The Logophile

Break the Code

David Steinberg • The veritable comedy institution offers an inside look at the funny business

The Tooth of the Matter

Crystal Watering Can

Homemade Strawberry Sauce

Apps for Puzzlers

America’s Newest National Park

Pooling Frequent Flyer Miles

MULTIPURPOSE TRAVEL SHOES

Doggy DNA

BEWARE THE SELF-DRIVING CAR

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American Icons • In its two centuries, the Post has chronicled a who’s who of exceptional Americans. Read on for an awe-inspiring showcase of talent, ingenuity, creativity, and vision.

ORVILLE WRIGHT TAKES TO THE SKY • The inventor recalls the exhilaration of that first flight

Money Isn’t Everything • New ideas do not truly belong to the person who discovered them, says Thomas Edison

A Car Is Scorned • One of the earliest car-makers argues that the automobile would have been developed much sooner had it not been for the disdain of the public

EINSTEIN WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR UP SOMETHING • The renowned physicist on misconceptions about relativity

LEARN TO BE CURIOUS • Eleanor Roosevelt was known for her outspokenness and commitment to civil change

Quantum Mechanics Made Easy • The father of the atom bomb on the nature of matter

Achieving True Equality • At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned a “grand alliance” of Black and white

Bobby Kennedy Remembered • After Kennedy’s assassination in 1968, a noted book editor reflected on the man he had known

MARILYN MONROE CRACKS WISE • “Give her a minute to think and Marilyn is the greatest little old ad-lib artist you ever saw.”

HOW TOUGH IS HUMPHREY BOGART? • An interview with the only actor since W.C. Fields who has not tried to conceal from the public the fact that he drinks whiskey, and lots of it

GRACE KELLY’S BIG BREAK • She started out as a model and had designs on Broadway. But even when Hollywood beckoned, directors didn’t know what to make of her at first

BRANDO IN PRIVATE • As our writer discovered, the actor’s famously unorthodox behaviors extended off the set as well

THE STRUGGLES OF JUDY GARLAND • Onscreen, she melted the audience’s hearts. But even at the triumphant peak of her career, she worried herself sick. The true story of the dazzling, unhappy star.

CARY GRANT AND THE AUTOGRAPH HOUNDS • The very symbol of a dashing, debonair man of the 20th century would appreciate some privacy,...