September/October 2021

The Saturday Evening Post

Celebrating America, Past, Present, and Future

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The Saturday Evening Post
Executive Editor Patrick Perry, M.P.H. Managing Editor Andy Hollandbeck Health Editor Wendy Braun, R.N. West Coast Editor Jeanne Wolf Senior Editor and Writer Troy Brownfield Intern Alexa Spicer Art Director Amanda Bixler Archive Director Jeff Nilsso
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History Comes To Life
August 4, 1821, was the date of the very first issue of The Saturday Evening Post. To share our pride in our publication’s great history, we’ve been celebrating our milestone 200th anniversary all year. This issue showcases the Post’s outstanding rep
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Letters
Thank you for the very interesting profiles in your July/August “American Icons” issue, suitably chosen and presented. Nowadays the bar for someone or something to earn the rank of “icon” has been lowered to an easily attained level. Panera even refe
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Statues In Balance
Our questions about history influence the conversation about how we ought to publicly remember the past. With nearly 1,800 memorials, statues, and other public symbols of the Confederacy across the United States, scrutiny of historical figures has gr
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Soaping Mechanism
Hello. Might I interest you in a tray of cucumber melon, some lovely chocolate pastries and, for a kick, maybe a shot of Irish stout? What’s that — you’d prefer honey whiskey or charcoal-infused beer? No problem. However, a caution. If you imagine I’
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Sitting Pretty
Shortly after my wife and I married, I began collecting chairs, a hobby I pursued for 20 years before my wife made me choose between marriage or chairs. I chose our marriage, but still own 71 chairs. The oldest three were made in the mid-1700s in Vin
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Safe Zone
It’s been almost 20 years since I have been to the place I once credited for saving my life as a child: Montauk, New York. Montauk is a beautiful, picturesque town with storybook features, quaintly nestled at the very end of Long Island, New York, an
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Walk This Way
While some find solace in sourdough and wellness apps, labyrinths can offer a path to emotional healing and a way of coping with pandemic life and beyond. A labyrinth is a narrow, circuitous path with one route leading to a center and out again. Hist
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BugOff!
Question: How can I safely remove tiny ticks on my cat’s face? Answer: I suggest a tick spoon, such as a Ticked Off tick puller. It features a V-shaped groove that helps you easily pluck off the tick and a bowl-shaped spoon that catches the tick so
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SeriouslyGoodFilmandTV
The next time you’re rummaging through a garage sale, consider the tale of Salvator Mundi, an obscure painting salvaged from a New Orleans auction house that was eventually identified as a long-lost da Vinci and sold for $450 million. But like Leonar
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Top 10 Reads
Billy Summers (Scribner) by Stephen King. An assassin with a morality clause — he only kills bad people — wants out of the killing business, but he’s got one more hit left. What could go wrong? Turns out, everything. The Husbands (Flatiron Books)
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You Be The Judge
On the morning of May 22, 2014, Joseph Arruda, age 57, was driving to the University of Massachusetts-Amherst to attend a work event when his car inexplicably crossed the highway median into oncoming traffic and struck another car. The collision caus
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The Grid: Monster Mash-up
WARNER BROS; SESAME WORKSHOP; UNIVERSAL STUDIOS; SHUTTERSTOCK ■
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The Logophile
1. Greg is inclined to find fault for the most trivial reasons. He is rather a. capacious. b. capitulatory. c. captious. 2. In fact, Greg once booed and lobbed a ______ at a TEDx presenter. a. naval orange b. navel orange 3. Can you rearrange the l
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Break the Code
The statement below has been encoded using a simple substitution cipher: Each letter has been replaced with a different one, and the substitutions remain constant throughout. Can you decode it? UHWC OCHOVC UYGQ VHRTCD AR GR KHPD YKGR HYKCDU FGR AR G
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Ron & Clint Howard
America watched Ron and Clint Howard grow up on TV. They were just kids when Ron became a household name playing Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show, while Clint shared the screen with a lovable bear on Gentle Ben. In their new joint memoir The Boy
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Pumpkin Pie Minis
Savor the flavor of fall with this simple and sweet recipe for mini pumpkin pies from food blogger and photographer Wendy O’Neal at aroundmyfamilytable.com. No baking required! Total time: 20 minutes. (Makes 32) 8 ounces cream cheese, softened 1 15-
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Storytelling Apps
Find a fun way to share your life experiences with these free apps Plotagon. An animation app that lets you create a mini cartoon film PicCollage. A collage-making app with loads of stickers, templates, and backgrounds Jamboard. A digital whiteboard
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A Death In Emergency Room No. 1
The call bothered Malcolm Perry. “Dr. Tom Shires, STAT,” the girl’s voice said over the loudspeaker in the doctor’s cafeteria at Parkland Memorial Hospital. The “STAT” meant emergency. Nobody ever called Tom Shires, the hospital’s chief resident in s
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Scientology Exposed
Doctor Hubbard is a big, orange-haired, 52-year-old American who describes himself as an author, explorer, scientist, boatsman, engineer, glider pilot, philosopher, movie writer, and student of the occult. The most fascinating side of his many-facete
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Putting America’s Finances In Order
Following the bank panic of 1907, Congress created a commission to develop a sound national monetary system. But before any public debate on the matter, committee chair Senator Nelson W. Aldrich invited a select group of banking and government inside
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ROBINSON JACKIE : What Really Happened
EDITOR’S NOTE: For accuracy, we chose not to change certain words that might be unacceptable in a contemporary piece but were in common use at the time this article was written. Now that Jackie Robinson is one of the established stars of baseball, a
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Within a year of the publication of this article in 1941, Alcoholics Anonymous tripled its membership. Today, AA claims 2 million members worldwide, 1.4 million of them in the U.S. Three men sat around the bed of an alcoholic patient in the psychop
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Saved By The Belt
Post first reported on the clear evidence that seat belts saved lives Traveling about 30 miles per hour on a residential street in Buffalo, the sedan had jumped the curb and struck hard enough to move the 10-inch-thick pole and its massive concrete
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Earliest Coverage Of Climate Change
That mysterious changes are happening to the world’s climate many persons are beginning to suspect, and a few good scientists know. In the U.S., long-term climatological records indicate that the weather is becoming warmer and drier. In Utah, Great S
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A Novel Idea To Help The Blind
Shorn of his strength and his independence, the blind man is prey to all the sensitiveness of his position. The sensitiveness, above all, is an almost insuperable obstacle to cope with in his fight for a new life, for in darkness and uncertainty, he
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Pearl I Harbor Fly For Vengeance
You would damn well remember Pearl Harbor if you had seen the great naval base ablaze as we of Scouting Squadron 6 saw it from the air, skimming in ahead of our homeward-bound carrier. The shock was especially heavy for us because this was our first
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Women Do The Heavy Lifting
When they first appeared on the assembly benches, the women were “the lipsticks” to the men. Workers and bosses alike said, as did hardboiled Bert Bowler, plant manager for Consolidated, “The factory’s no place for women.” Now Bowler says, “They’re b
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Making The Hardest Call Of His Life
General Eisenhower inquired how many hours he could count on for the attack and just when bad weather would resume. “The morning will be fair,” the [chief meteorologist] said. “Good weather may last through the afternoon.” All the questions had been
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War Begins At 600 Feet
A buzzer buzzed, the green light flashed. Back in the plane, Captain Schouvaloff, a Russian-language officer with a devil-may-care wit about him, stood up. In his hand he held the hook of his static line — the lifeline of the paratrooper that jerks h
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Attacking The Cliffs
We’re off, boys,” cried the sergeant in front of my craft, “and this time it’s really the 49-cent tour!” By the time we found fairly comfortable positions in the heavily loaded boats, the first glow of dawn began showing in the east. The laughing and
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Vietnam My Son, The Soldier
From San Francisco to Saigon, and from Saigon to An Khê, and now, on this rocky footpath leading under tall trees to his foxhole, I kept wondering what to say when I finally found him. Don’t get emotional, I kept telling myself. Don’t embarrass him i
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Friends
For a while, neither of them spoke. They’d known each other for years, and like with many old friends, their long silences were commonplace. The sea breeze combed through the long grass around them as they watched the ocean. Three days ago, on Monday
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Your Health
Massage has a demonstrated ability to soothe everyday headaches and stress by relaxing tight muscles and improving blood flow. Here are two simple and safe rubs to try at home. Optional: Dab a couple drops of peppermint oil mixture onto your fingerti
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5-minute Fitness
Strengthen your shoulders and arms. “Bodyweight exercises improve posture, balance, and overall health. Best of all, they don’t cost a thing!” says Los Angeles-based Pilates, yoga, and meditation expert Jessica Schatz, The Core Expert™. 1 Stand with
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Medical Mailbox
Are avocados good for you? SKari Brand, email ure: Avocados hold a hefty dose of fiber and nutrients. But other fruits are similarly wholesome and lower in calories. For variety, shop locally for these fall favorites. 1. Raspberries. Tip: Buy fresh a
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From The Pharmacy
By Cara Acklin, Pharm. D. Clinical pharmacist board-certified in ambulatory care It’s time for your annual reminder: Get your flu shot soon. A COVID booster may be needed later as well, but a flu shot is the best way to avoid getting (and spreading)
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White Rice Vs. Brown Rice
Eating lunch today at one of our favorite restaurants, my wife ordered a blackened grouper sandwich that came with a side of white rice. After a bite or two, she asked, “Is white rice good for you?” I replied that highly refined and ultra-processed f
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Back To Our Roots
I love summer produce, but the arrival of root vegetables and hearty greens at the farmers markets conjures up welcome memories of chilly autumn nights and hearty homecooked meals. Last year, everyone was looking for comfort, and pot pie — the quinte
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One Knock Makes A Difference
Andrea Ivory is the founder and executive director of the Women’s Breast & Heart Initiative (WBHI), a nonprofit based on a simple yet troubling premise: Low-income women face numerous barriers to getting screened for breast cancer and heart disease.
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Why Babies Scream
The first act that every healthy baby commits upon emerging from the womb is a cry — an expertly coordinated spasm of the diaphragm, with an exquisitely timed closure of the vocal cords across the windpipe (so that they vibrate and produce sound) and
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The Man From U.n.c.l.e.
Robert Vaughn is inclined to shrug off his role as Napoleon Solo. “I just play Mister Slick,” he explains, “and I know what I’m doing — I’m making money and doing a job. And no matter what any critic may say, I’m not like Solo; I’m not fearless and I
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The Scarlet License Plate
Furnish license plates of various distinctive forms and colors. There would be a stock pattern and color for the use of law-abiding motorists, and sharply contrasting designs for the plates of those convicted of serious traffic offenses. The courts w
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The Hype Report
This country needs a revival of its sense of proportion. We are suffering from an aggravated case of watching the high spots. The chief symptom is easy to recognize. It consists in a failure to be interested in anything except the unrepresentative, t
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Kodak’s Lasting Impression
It’s not too much of an exaggeration to say that the Kodak camera, which made amateur photography possible, was a life-changing technology of the 20th century. For the first time, Americans who’d never have the money to hire a portrait painter could
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No Margarine For Error
A wartime butter shortage forced many American families to switch to margarine. The dairy industry did its best to imply that margarine was slow poison, even backing laws that prohibited dyeing the lard-colored product a buttery yellow. With the war
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Limerick Laughs
RULES: Limericks must contain five lines. Enter as many times as you wish. All entries must be submitted by October 25. The September/October Limerick Laughs winner will be announced in the January/ February 2022 issue. Entries will not be returned.
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Saluting Local Newspapers: Long May They Run
In 1946, Norman Rockwell paid tribute to a great American institution: the country newspaper. His painting, which appeared in the May 25 issue, captured life in the office of the Monroe County Appeal of Paris, Missouri. It was accompanied by drawings
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The New Face of Pool
The word from the basement game room, the bowling alley, and the billiard lounge is that pool is back, and the women have come with it. Across the nation, women are playing the game in shiny new establishments that bear no resemblance to the dimly li
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Boat-BnB
Billing itself “the Airbnb of the waterways,” the app and website BoatSetter (boatsetter.com) offers an array of experiences, including spur-of-the-moment instant-book capabilities for rentals from independent boat owners to tours with captains in wa
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Tuning In Around The World
Experience the local music scene making the airwaves in remote places, like Samarinda (Borneo) or Lillehammer (Norway), or catch the current newscast in Mumbai or Moscow. The Radio Garden (radio.garden/live/toulouse/ radiopresence) website serves as
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The Discovery Of Insulin
Could anything more unlikely, more monstrous, be well imagined than that sugar, our priceless fuel, the chief source of all our energy and heat, should suddenly refuse to burn in our body furnace as if it were slate instead of anthracite? Yet this is
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Why Do Companies Hate Their Customers?
Back in the ancient days, there was a cliché about the first rule of business: “The customer is always right.” Obviously not true, but it guided generations of companies to unparalleled financial success, and American capitalism ruled the world. Toda
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Take Your Own Passport Pic
So many passports have expired during COVID. Rather than risk an awkward pose from a testy postal employee or Walgreens clerk, you can now take (and retake to your heart’s delight) your own. The website of the U.S. State Department offers a free phot
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Forever Beatles !
When the Beatles stepped from the plane, 1,500 people shrieked a welcome from the roof of Liverpool Airport. This was only the vanguard of the 150,000 who lined the 10-mile route to the town hall. On the drive to the city, the Beatles had an eight-mo
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Candy Corn Bottles
Add a playful hint of Halloween to any room with this fun and easy project from Jessi Wohlwend (practicallyfunctional.com). The blogger offers these painting tips: “Apply light coats, using smooth side-to-side motions until bottles are covered. Rotat

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