November/December 2016 Limerick Laughs Winner and Runners-Up
Cute limericks about a puppy’s Christmas wish, submitted by Saturday Evening Post readers.
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Curtis Stone’s Grilled Ginger-Sesame Chicken Salad
This recipe from Curtis Stone gives chicken salad a tasty Asian twist with hoisin sauce, spicy Sriracha, and ginger.
Long Live the Landline
Once, the land line telephone was our primary link to the outside world, and between calls (which was most of the time), we were blissfully alone.
“Négligé” by Sophie Kerr
A widowed man enjoys newfound freedom in luxuries and romantic pursuits.
“Thankless Child” by Rose Wilder Lane
Midwestern small town girls Lois and Ernestine come of age at the turn of the century.
Can the Electric Car Make a Comeback? 50 Years Ago This Week
Fifty years ago, the major auto makers were fiddling with electric cars, but running into a lot of obstacles. Find out what Ford and GM were working on in this 1967 article from the Post.
“The Inhabitants of Venus” by Irwin Shaw
A French-American skier wrestles with vengeful obsessions at a resort in the Swiss Alps.
The Early Automobile Industry: It Doesn’t Pay to Pioneer
The automobile’s early visionaries faced scorn from the public. Yet they soldiered on, obsessed by an idea, with little regard for financial reward.
Eric Liddell’s Greatest Race
He’s best known as the hero of Chariots of Fire, but his true heroism was reflected decades later, halfway around the world, in a Japanese prison camp.
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Gallery Gallery: Early Bicycle Advertisements
From Victorian ladies perched on their Columbias to kids coveting the Monark Super Deluxe, bicycle advertisements were long a mainstay of the Post.
Get A Horse! America’s Skepticism Toward the First Automobiles
The inventor who claimed the first U.S. car ever sold recalls the birth of the industry and the general public skepticism about automobiles.
Artist in Residence
A Louisiana folk musician is uneasy around his nephew’s new teacher. How can a Northerner understand Creole traditions?
Cartoons: Snow Woes
The snow definitely looks pretty, but when it leads to hours of shoveling or a terrible tumble, it’s not so lovely anymore. These cartoons from the Post laugh at the indignities of winter.
The Fir Tree
“Now I shall live!” it cried joyfully, spreading wide its branches. But, alas, they were all withered and yellow; and it lay in a corner among weeds and nettles.
Backstory: How Bikes Built Our Highways
Urban elites with a fancy hobby teamed up with rural farmers in a movement that transformed the country.
Kirk Douglas: Still a Tough Guy at 100
The Post interviewed Kirk Douglas at age 40 and again at 70. Thirty years later, on the occasion of his 100th birthday on December 9, we share these earlier interviews and our best wishes.