July/August 2023

The Saturday Evening Post

Celebrating America, Past, Present, and Future

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The Saturday Evening Post
Publisher Joan SerVaas Editor-in-Chief Patrick Perry Executive Editor Troy Brownfield Senior Managing Editor Andy Hollandbeck Editorial Consultant Steven Slon ART Art Director Amanda Bixler RESEARCH Archive Director Jeff Nilsson CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
The Saturday Evening Post3 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
Welcome To The A.i. Era
Artificial intelligence is everywhere and evolving rapidly. The powerful computing tool has woven itself into our daily lives In ways we may not even be aware of. Every time you do a Google search, book a trip online, receive a product recommendation
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Letters
I very much enjoyed “America’s Music Road” (May/June). It was a true travelogue of musical history. Real musicians lived, played, and created music along this road, and the museums, joints, and towns reflect the influence of these musicians. Jac Robe
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Listening Is Good Medicine
The belly is so bad that Mrs. Alves, a woman in her 40s, is worming uncomfortably on the E.R. stretcher. “I need an answer,” she says. I promise her that pain medicine is on the way. What I can’t promise her — despite countless tests and specialists’
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Shark And Awe
Of the six gloriously preposterous Sharknado movies, the one most fittingly titled was Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! Absolutely perfect. There’s an inherent grin in that title — and also bite. Hell, yes. Like nearly everything in the realm of shark entert
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In Defense Of Sloth
I don’t know who coined the term “Protestant Work Ethic,” but if I could travel back in time and meet him, I’d conk him on the noggin. The joining of diligence and religion has had the unfortunate consequence of making otherwise dutiful people feel g
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My Year Of Sitcoms
It didn’t start out intentionally. A little 30 Rock to help me get out of bed in the morning. Some New Girl with dinner. A nightcap of Frasier (as others have written, it is the best show to go to sleep to). It spiraled from there, an easy escape fro
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Live The Farm Life
While visitor-friendly farms are becoming fewer and farther between with each passing decade, some are diversifying, offering the opportunity to visit, lodge overnight, and get your hands dirty with everyday farm chores. Harvest season (fall) is an i
The Saturday Evening Post3 min readCrime & Violence
Rental Disorder
JBrice LLC purchased two townhomes in the Wilcrest Walk neighborhood in Houston, Texas, as investment properties and posted each home on Airbnb for shortterm rental. It didn’t take long for neighbors to complain about the noise from parties, multiple
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Practical Matters Backpack Cooler
Rather than lugging a knapsack and cooler, it’s reassuring to know somebody figured out how to combine them. The bottom compartment of Carhartt’s 2-in-l Insulated Cooler fits lunch and nearly a dozen drink cans, while the top section is large enough
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HOAs HAVE GONE TOO FAR
Our favorite curmudgeons take aim at sacread cows As Americans, we like to think of ourselves as fiercely independent. We’re drawn to iconoclasts in our books and stories. We have an entire day devoted to commemorating the ousting of England that see
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Here Come The Smart Machines
In man’s historic image of himself he has cherished a number of great illusions. One by one, he has had to give them up. He once believed the Earth was the center of the cosmos, around which the sun and stars revolved. Copernicus proved the Earth was
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Mixed Message
Unscramble the following words and then place each letter above its corresponding number below to reveal Mary Tyler Moore’s plainspoken view on weight loss. Unscramble the message: Answers :1) position; 2) reloaded; 3) firework; 4) fathered; 5)pathet
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What You Need To Know About A.i.
Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has taken over the headlines, with ChatGPT, Bing, and Google’s Bard announcing new breakthroughs almost daily. If you’ve been unaware or uninterested in A.I., now’s a good time to start paying attention. A.I. has change
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Samuel Adams The Man Of The Revolution
Before his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson asked himself: “Is this exactly in the spirit of the patriarch of liberty, Samuel Adams?” Would he approve of it? To understand why the new president hoped to channel Adams’s spirit is to discover
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A Tea Party Leads To Revolution
After nearly a decade of riots, boycotts, and protests by American colonists against the increasingly heavy hand of their British masters, the final blow in the crisis was struck on May 10,1773. On that date, the English Parliament passed a Tea Act d
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Return Of The Moon Trees
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell were relaxed and eager to get to work as the Lunar Module Antares touched down in the hilly uplands of the Fra Mauro crater on February 5, 1971. Over the next two days, they would deploy the Apollo
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Aloha Spirit
Pink edges of dawn fade into the powdery blue of morning at Maui’s Honokahua Bay, with distant spouts of humpback whales hanging in the air above the ocean’s surface like a whisper. On a grassy bluff near the Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, guests out fo
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Trouble In Paradise
There’sa big boom in our newest state — accompanied by some unusualgrowing pains.The islands’ development has brought with it a degree of hustle altogether alien to the traditional picture of Hawaii. Honolulu, the capital, has doubled in population i
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Chemical Attraction
Summer is here; unfortunately, so are mosquitoes. The uninvited guests can take a bite out of outdoor fun. And if you’re one of those people who gets eaten alive by the pesky little bloodsuckers, you might wonder: Why are they targeting me? A new stu
The Saturday Evening Post3 min readDiet & Nutrition
Break For Breakfast
You wake up late, shower and get dressed quickly, grab the keys, and rush out the door. The last thing on your mind is breakfast. An estimated 25 percent of people in the United States skip the morning meal. And that, nutrition experts say, may be a
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A Day At The Beach For Aphrodite
Sari is gangly, angular as a wire hanger. I am round like two beach balls stacked one on top of the other. In the flickering images, we're wearing matching yellow-and-white polka-dotted two-piece bathing suits. That summer, we were nine going on ten.
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America's Loneliness Epidemic
Medical science has made significant strides in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of many conditions and is enabling people to live happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. In the last 50 years, for example, the death rates from cardiovascul
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The Surprisingly Cool History Of Ice
Until two centuries ago, ice was just an union u nate side effect of winter. But in the early 1800s, one man saw dollar signs in frozen ponds. Frederic Tudor not only introduced the world to glasses of cold water on hot summer days, he created a thir
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The Comeback Kid
Originally published January 1995 Tony Bennett finds it encouraging that listeners and record executives alike are beginning to rebel against marketing stereotypes and the “big score” philosophy that has driven record companies since the 1960s. After
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Game Answers
Did you find Ben Franklin’s hidden key? Can you find the key in this issue? Submit your answer by August 25 via the form on our website (saturdayeveningpost.com/key-contest), email (keycontest@saturdayeveningpost.com), or mail (Ben Franklin’s Key, Th
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The Farmer's Friend
In the late 1940s, Norman Rockwell painted a series of small town, working Americans: a country editor, a school teacher, a family doctor, and, here, a county agent. His name was Herald Rippey, and he served farmers in eastern Indiana’s Jay County. R
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Veggie Lasagna!
My wife Lindsay loves lasagna, and frankly, she just might be better at making one than I am! So I'm always trying to up my game. Lighter than the traditional baked pasta dish, Grilled Vegetable Lasagna with Ricotta-Tomato Sauce — loaded with fresh s
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Dome Sweet Dome
The East Portico of the U.S. Capitol was torn down in 1958 for two main reasons. One reason can be seen just below the base of the flagpole. A portion of the platform on which the dome sat overlapped the wall of the building. The 4,000-ton iron struc

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