The Saturday Evening Post

Publisher Joan SerVaas Associate Publisher and Editorial Director Steven Slon Executive Editor Patrick Perry, M.P.H. Managing Editor Andy Hollandbeck Health Editor Wendy Braun, R.N. West Coast Editor Jeanne Wolf Staff Writers Troy Brownfield, Nichola

After several months of hunkering down, we’re not just stir-crazy, we’re numb. Grieving for the freedoms we have lost, for the chance to shake someone’s hand, much less give them a hug. Those of us with any sense of social responsibility are staying

“Historians have given President Eisenhower an undeserved free pass regarding Senator Joe McCarthy, saying he was right to let the senator do himself in rather than face him head-on,” says Tye, whose new biography of McCarthy, Demagogue, was released

My left eye is what’s commonly called “lazy.” I’ve had the condition since birth. As a kid, I was teased a lot, but even now, at 36, I get stares and insults. People think I’m glaring at them, that I have a mental disability, or that I’m high. Doctor

There’s a smattering of classic songs in this documentary about country icon Dolly Parton, but the focus is on the star’s offstage work for the past 25 years: her Imagination Library. Summoning a powerful cocktail of charm, determination, and shrewd

In the fall of 1989, Patricia Vodopest read an article in The Mountaineer magazine titled “Breathe Like a Sherpa at High Altitudes” by Rosemary MacGregor. The article described a recent trek to Mount Everest where MacGregor — a nurse and stress-manag

James Brolin has won generations of fans since he first became a hit co-starring in Marcus Welby, M.D. “They gave me an Emmy and a Golden Globe for that role,” he remembers with a laugh. “There were tears just running down my cheeks in a scene where

Eight-year-old Khloe Robles of Texas saw how much people were suffering during the pandemic, and she decided to do something about it: “People were in need of food, so I told my family I wanted to help.” Khloe and her parents set up a lemonade stand

All you need to create this colorful Wine Cork Board is a stash of old or new wine corks and the lid of a hat box — even if it’s outdated and ugly — says DIY and home blogger Toni Harvey at girljustdiy.com. Lid of large hat boxBlack craft paintSpray

While hotels and vacation rentals change sheets for each new guest, pillows are rarely swapped out. Lugging one along used to be a cumbersome undertaking, until we found ThermaRest’s Compressible Travel Pillow. Available in a variety of sizes and col

Outdoorsy (outdoorsy .com ) is a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects travelers with RV owners who are willing to rent out their rides. The site hosts a fleet of 40,000, ranging from easy-to-navigate campervans to vintage Airstreams and luxury mode

Question: Kip, my retriever mix, loves to swim in a nearby lake, but the water recently turned green. Is it safe for him to swim? Answer: I recommend you keep Kip from drinking or swimming in green water; the color may mean it’s contaminated with bl

Unscramble the words below and then place each letter above the corresponding number at the bottom to reveal a life lesson attributed to Aldous Huxley. Hint for page 28: The longest word in the answer is TELLING. ■

When the first crop of graduates, diploma in pocket and Greek in head, started out to hunt a vulgar “job,” the businessmen of the community began to write sarcastic letters to the papers about the need for more R’s, little Latin, and less Greek. What

Founded by Cory SerVaas, M.D. Why do my hands get puffy when I’m walking? TM.J. Elmore, email he swelling you describe is most often a natural consequence of the Earth’s gravity. “Hands get puffy when walking because they hang down at your sides. In

Each year, more than 80,000 people receive the gift of sight from generous Americans who donate corneal tissue, the clear window on the front of the eye. Most of these corneas are used to restore sight and advance research in the U.S. Others, when th

First used in the 1940s, antibiotics revolutionized the treatment of bacterial infections and continue to save lives. Penicillins and many antibiotics break down the cell walls or central DNA depots of disease-causing bacteria. But viruses have a dif

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No longer is it true that the young are seen but not heard. Not only do they make themselves heard but they shout down their elders in a daily mounting chorus of derision and scorn. Art, literature, education, and economics — all these are being domi

My sister and I don’t know what is becoming of parents this generation. We love our own parents very much, but sometimes we are afraid they will never amount to much. We know that whatever their little faults, they mean well. But we still don’t under

It is time to look the facts squarely in the face and to admit to ourselves, to our children, and to their teachers that a large part of elementary schooling is, and from its very nature must be, sheer drudgery. Misguided attempts to make schooling i

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