Why the Senate Can’t Fix the Filibuster
With filibuster reform in the news again, we look at the long history of its losing battle.... More
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Post Perspective
Why You Don’t See Steam Locomotives Anymore
For National Train Day, we recall the moment when coal gave way to diesel power.... More
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Classic Fiction
Oscar Winners Inspired by the Post
As the 85th Academy Awards takes place this Sunday, check out our list of 9 Post-inspired award winners—and 2 films that while popular, have failed... More
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
“Command” by James Warner Bellah was fist published by the Post in June of 1948 and was adapted for the big screen in 1949 under... More
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Famous Contributors
Famous Contributors: Alan Alda
Alda writes about his experience during the filmmaking of Paper Lion.... More
Famous Contributors: John le Carré
In 51 years as a writer, John le Carré has published just four short stories. Two of them were in The Saturday Evening Post.... More
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Meet the Cartoonists
Meet the Cartoonist: Pat Hardin
Patrick Hardin of Flint, Michigan, is another cartoonist who makes it fun to read the Post. ... More
Meet the Cartoonist: Dave Carpenter
Iowan Dave Carpenter has been cartooning and making us laugh since 1976. ... More
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Clippings & Curiosities
Vintage Gatsby-Era Art
These beautiful illustrations and ads from the Post's archive bring the lavish parties, flapper culture, and glittering jazz of the Roaring '20s to life.... More
Fertilizer Explosions: What Have We Learned From Past Disasters?
The devastating explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, happened 66 years after one of the nation's worst industrial... More
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