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.

ONE GREAT SIGHT

CONTRIBUTORS

SECRETS OF THE ICE • The earth’s history is written, layer upon layer, in its glaciers

REAL BOOKS, MADE OF PAPER • After hours of notifications, pings, and other urgencies summoning us away from our thoughts, we all need a break from the screen

DINO-MIGHT! • What is it about dinosaurs that continues to fascinate?

SLOW LEARNER • How my grade school science teacher taught me to share his passion for this wondrous blue ball we call home

BASE PATHS OF GLORY • Wiffle Ball history was made on our driveway — a hero remembers

GAME NIGHT!

Striped Steps

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

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

YOU BE THE JUDGE

THE GRID: GARDENS

DANNY DEVITO • Crude, rude, and funny as hell

“Don’t Help Me Cross the Street”

Apps to Grow With • Get your gardening game going with these great free apps

APROPOS OF NOTHING

Egg Decorating for Adults

TRAVEL

AGENDA BIAS • Our favorite curmudgeons take aim at sacred cows

DRIVING INTO THE FUTURE • The story behind America’s remarkable coast-to-coast highway system

RAFTING THE COLORADO • Scenery and solitude, wildlife and wild water at the floor of the magnificent Grand Canyon

What’s Old Is Viewed Again • The rise of retro television in the age of streaming

THE BOTCHED HOSPITAL BILL • Patients may think their insurers are fighting on their behalf for the best prices. But saving patients money is often not their top priority. Just ask Michael Frank

Some Enchanted Evening • The extraordinary story behind the creation of South Pacific, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest show

CALCULUS 1

SEE YOUR STORY PUBLISHED HERE!

SPRING CLEAN YOUR DIET

MEDICAL MAILBOX

CREATIVITY IS KEY TO HAPPINESS

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

FROM THE PHARMACY

GOOD NEWS ABOUT FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTS

SEASON’S BEST • Make the most of the spring harvest with fresh ideas from our celebrity chef

FIRE AND RESCUE • Iraq vet Damon Faust is helping ex-soldiers find new meaning in the fire service

THE CREATION OF NANCY DREW • It took a tenacious, bold, independent writer to invent the fictional teen sleuth

ECZEMA OR DERMATITIS?

BURNING FOOT PAIN?

SCIATICA BACK PAIN?

FIBROMYALGIA JOINT PAIN?

GAME ANSWERS

GENE KELLY DOESN’T DANCE AROUND IN CONVERSATION

FROM THE ARCHIVE • Compiled by Jeff Nilsson

NUMBED BY MEDIA • Over 16,000 newspapers were feeding America’s hunger for news in 1900. People were becoming better informed, but Post editors worried the constant exposure to violence, injustice, and scandal in the papers was making Americans incapable of outrage

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE The Post-War Beard Boom • For a brief period in the late 1950s, facial hair was all the rage

LAUGHS LIMERICK • The Saturday Evening Post will award $25 to the author of the winning limerick for the illustration below by Constantin Alajálov.

CLASSIC HAZEL

NOV/DEC WINNING LIMERICK

Love at First Fight

Bluer Than the Sky