A Hasty Prediction For the G.I. Bill
It had been in effect just a short time, but Stanley Frank already knew the G.I. Bill was going to be a flop.
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Tag Archives: 20th century
What The Operators Overheard in 1907
Eavesdropping with “a Human Spider in the Web of Talking Wires”—a “Hello Girl” from telephone’s earliest years.
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Famous Contributors: Herbert Hoover
Although he is considered one of the worst presidents in U.S. history, Herbert Hoover was a long-time Post contributor.
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Hope or Hype? The Post Critiques Carnegie’s Bestseller
In its first year of publication How To Win Friends and Influence People made nearly half a million friends. The Post author of “He Sells Hope” wasn’t one of them.
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The Cowboy and the Columnist, or Joan Didion ♥ John Wayne
Back when she was a regular Post contributor, author Joan Didion had a chance to meet one of her childhood heroes. The result was “John Wayne, A Long Song,” which we excerpt today.
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The Ad that Launched a Revolution
In 1908 the Post carried Henry Ford’s first advertisement for his Model T. And, as you’ll read, the magazine also carried his 1926 defense for the automobile age he introduced.
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Watching the Jackie Watchers
In 1967, journalist Alan Levy was in New York City, studying the crowds of fans and photographers who swarmed around Jackie Kennedy. As you’ll read in these excerpts from his Post article, what he saw said a lot about the woman and about the average New Yorker.
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The Woman Who Never Lost Hope: Dolores Hope (1909—2011)
Behind every funny man is a patient woman. Behind Bob Hope, it was Dolores Hope. Over the years, he repeatedly told Post readers of his devotion to this woman—and spoke with pride about their long marriage.
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Missing Jim Henson
This week, we remember the Muppet Master, whose creations live long after him. Fortunately, we have a 1976 interview Jim Henson gave the Post in which he spoke openly about his relationship with his Muppets—and just what sort of creature Kermit really is.
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Recalling An Earlier ‘Twin Towers’
Developer Louis Horowitz, a visionary developer, created many of New York’s skyscrapers, including the Equitable Building (pictured). Before the World Trade Center, his constructions were some of the tallest in the world. Read his rags-to-riches story, as he told it in the pages of the Post in 1936.
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Who Will Shape the New Decade?
Here we are, standing at history’s curbside, watching a brand-new decade pulling up to us. At such moments, we naturally wonder where we’ll go with these next 10 years.
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The Incomparable H.L. Mencken
An impartial critic of every race or religion, the “Sage of Baltimore” lived before “political correctness” became the fashion. H.L. Mencken, a giant in American literature, held politics and politicians in abysmal regard. His ancient typewriter pounded out carloads of writings, which maddened and delighted Americans from 1904 to 1948. And how the well-known iconoclast ... More
