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Cartoons: Bank Loan Groans | The Saturday Evening Post Borrowing money can be funny!

New cartoon collection: Bank Loan Groans
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Rockwell Files: Trying on the Future | The Saturday Evening Post Another artist might have made this a moment of dreamy sentimentality for the girl. But Rockwell is better than that.

As he did in many of his covers, Rockwell contrasts between the old and the new in this painting for the March 19, 1949, issue.

Texas Still Remembers Bonnie and Clyde | The Saturday Evening Post Infamous criminals Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow caused plenty of chaos in Texas. Here are three places in the Lone Star State where their outlaw legend lives on.

Here are three spots across the Lone Star State where you can step into the shadows they left behind and explore beyond Bonnie and Clyde.

3 Questions for Diane Warren | The Saturday Evening Post This hall of famer focuses on one thing: the next song.

We interview songwriter Diane Warren on being relentless, why she continues to work so hard, and her message to listeners: Everything will be okay if you just don’t give up.

Our Better Nature: Plants with a P.R. Problem | The Saturday Evening Post Sometimes we give plants and animals terrible names – pukeweed, anyone? – but it turns out they aren’t as bad as they sound.

For better or worse, what we think about the natural world can be shaped by its name.

Con Watch: Beware of QR Code Scams | The Saturday Evening Post As the popularity of QR codes has increased with the public, so has its use by scammers, who are setting up phony QR codes to lure you to their bogus websites.

Stop! Before you scan that QR code, make sure you know who it’s from, and where it’s taking you.

A New Podcast Celebrates Amazing Colossal Americana | The Saturday Evening Post Fun for All Ages is a new podcast where instead of talking about their latest project, creative people might want to take a deep dive into their cherished childhood toy, a favorite film director, or t...

If you need a break from your regular diet of harrowing true crime or depressing news podcasts, try “Fun for All Ages,” a podcast celebrating the golden age of pop culture.

Jackdaw | The Saturday Evening Post A private investigator is called in to solve a theft at a paleontology lab.

The dinosaur skull could be worth millions, and now it’s gone. Who took it and why? Find out in this week’s #NewFictionFriday story, donalee Moultons “Jackdaw”.
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News of the Week: Random Notes, Two Million Pennies, and the Amazing World of tm:rw | The Saturday Evening Post In the news of the week ending August 8, 2025, are licking stamps, grooming lounges, and cooking with peaches.

What’s wrong with eating at 6 p.m.? Gen Z does it, and so does Bob Sassone, who brings you the latest on proper dinner times and other news of the week.
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In a Word: Kiwi: The Bird, a People, and Their Fruit | The Saturday Evening Post One word for three things, but which had the name first?

Which came first: the kiwi (fruit), the kiwi (bird), or the Kiwi (New Zealander)? Find out in our latest In a Word.
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Review: Sketch — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post First-time feature writer/director Seth Worley conjures up a miracle of cinematic alchemy, improbably blending elements of horror, humor, and whimsy — and it works. Boy, does it work.

Sketch is a funny, imaginative, bravely sentimental horror movie about a little girl whose drawings of fanciful monsters come to life.
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Biking America's Coast-to-Coast Trail | The Saturday Evening Post From the banks of the Potomac to Seattle’s Space Needle, a coast-to-coast bike trail is becoming a reality — one pedal revolution at a time.

Once finished, the trail is expected to put 50 million Americans within 50 miles of the coast-to-coast route.
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Considering History: The U.S.S. Indianapolis, Jaws, and the Human Horrors of War | The Saturday Evening Post Just before the end of World War II, an American cruiser on a secret mission experienced one of the ghastliest naval disasters in U.S. history. But it was only 30 years later, when the movie Jaws was ...

This week sees the anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 and the release of the movie Jaws in 1975. These two disparate events have something in common: the ghastly story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis. 
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Women’s Work: Votes Won, Rights Denied — The Long Fight for Women’s Suffrage, Part 2 | The Saturday Evening Post The 19th Amendment didn’t guarantee the vote for all women, so their fight continued.

The fight for women’s suffrage that had begun at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 was far from over, especially for women of color who faced barriers far beyond the ballot box.
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Cartoons: What a Circus! | The Saturday Evening Post Laughs abound when the circus is in town!

New cartoon collection: What a Circus!
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Revolutionary Roots in Virginia’s Historic Triangle | The Saturday Evening Post Learn about our nation’s birth through diverse voices.

Next July 4 marks the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, but that historic vote doesn’t tell the full story of the United States. For that, you need to head to Virginia’s Historic Triangle.

When Walking Was All the Rage | The Saturday Evening Post In the late 19th century, pedestrianism — or competitive walking — was the sport to watch.

In the 1870s and 1880s, an unlikely assemblage of Americans became some of the nation’s earliest celebrities with the rise of the pedestrianism movement.

The Challenge of Selling the First Personal Computers | The Saturday Evening Post Back when few people could imagine why they would want to buy a bulky, expensive machine with no obvious purpose, computer marketers had to get creative.

In the 1980s, personal computer makers had to overcome the question, “Why would I possibly want a computer in my home?”

Words Left Behind: The Quandary of Posthumous Publishing | The Saturday Evening Post The release of Joan Didion’s journal entries posthumously has sparked a wider ethical debate: Is it acceptable to publish a writer’s unfinished work after their death, even if it was not intended to b...

Should we favor an individual author’s wishes over literature as a whole, even when they are no longer present?

From the Archive: Improving People by Statutes | The Saturday Evening Post A Post writer claimed that American lawlessness in the Roaring Twenties was partly the fault of the laws themselves.

One hundred years ago, a writer complained about laws that are passed to save a man from himself.

Congratulations, and welcome to the old-timer's club!

One Night in Manhattan | The Saturday Evening Post For a Russian chess prodigy who defected, New York wasn’t at all what he expected.

What life lessons can a young defector and chess prodigy learn from two of the 20th century’s greatest musicians and the mayor of New York City? Find out in “One Night in Manhattan” by Ken Pisani, this week’s #NewFictionFriday story.
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News of the Week: Phone Etiquette, Hula Hoops, and What the Post Office Does If They Can't Read Your Handwriting | The Saturday Evening Post In this news of the week ending August 1, 2025, are saying hello, sloppy handwriting, and scrumptious sandwiches.

How do you answer the phone? Who brought the Hula Hoop to America? What do you think about a Coca-Cola Chicken Sandwich? Bob Sassone covers all this and more in the News of the Week.
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News of the Week: Phone Etiquette, Hula Hoops, and What the Post Office Does If They Can't Read Your Handwriting | The Saturday Evening Post In this news of the week ending August 1, 2025, are saying hello, sloppy handwriting, and scrumptious sandwiches.

How do you answer the phone? Who brought the Hula Hoop to America? What do you think about a Coca-Cola Chicken Sandwich? Bob Sassone covers all this and more in the News of the Week.
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Whether it’s a pool or a pond, The Saturday Evening Post is celebrating summer with our favorite covers of people taking a dip.
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Saving the Great American Road Trip | The Saturday Evening Post It Took Fourth of July fireworks and a stop on Route 66 to remind me of the promise of this place and its people.

My faith in the American road trip was saved by a small town in Texas on the Fourth of July.

Review: Shoshana — Movies for the Rest of Us with Bill Newcott | The Saturday Evening Post A historical epic with present-day urgency, Shoshana offers a compelling reminder that, bad as things may be, they are never without precedent.

This gritty and graphic historical drama, set in British-occupied Palestine between the world wars, drives home with awful clarity the dismal truth: Death’s Wheel of Misfortune was spinning there decades — and perhaps centuries — before anyone coined the term “news cycle.”

Cartoons: Mountain Menaces | The Saturday Evening Post Sometimes you just need an altitude adjustment!

New cartoon collection: Mountain Menaces

Nash Rambler: The Overlooked Classic | The Saturday Evening Post The Rambler was intended to be America’s first modern, economical, compact car.

If you look up lists of the great cars of the 1950s, you probably won’t see the Nash Rambler.
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Missing in History: Billie Burke’s Tumultuous Relationship with Florenz Ziegfeld | The Saturday Evening Post Before she played Glinda the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz, the glamorous redhaired actress was a theater and silent film star who was also known for her challenging marriage to a philandering showma...

The Ziegfeld Follies producer was a womanizer, spendthrift, and generally bad husband, but Billie Burke loved him anyway.