The Saturday Evening Post

Running a comedy museum requires a lot of serious work.

On National Mentoring Day, we take a look at one man who is changing many lives through his mentorship.

"I’ll spend my remaining days wisely, complaining about Alaska, checking for pustules, and making people feel bad for doubting me. If I survive, I’ll visit my grandchildren. If I don’t, I’ll have my ashes scattered at the Medicare office, so at long last I might get my money’s worth."

For more than a century, women across the nation used the Homestead Act to become landowners. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/wome...

This week’s #NewFictionFriday story takes us back to the Fourth of July and a marriage on the verge of disintegrating. Read Darcy Alvey’s “Parade Day" www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/para...

Did you know that candy corn is both the most loved and most hated candy in America? Bob Sassone brings you this fun fact and other News of the Week. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/news...

Anton Corbijn has crafted a compelling, taut little literary thriller that fits his two totally game stars like a killer’s black glove. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/revi...

For some reason, some audiences, and even streaming services, only want horror in October. What if every genre only got one month a year? www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/only...

New cartoon collection: Patent pending www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/cart...

It’s the time of year when many homes are beset with insect invaders.

To survive Prohibition, Anheuser-Busch created drinks like Bevo, Kaffo, and Buschtee, as well as their own brand of ginger ale. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/vint...

The Lucas Museum takes some of the greatest Norman Rockwell paintings and other narrative art and displays them in a setting worthy of Picasso and Matisse.

Sometimes ecological restoration in your own backyard begins by deciding what doesn’t belong — and making room for what does. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/gree...

A journey into their shared past opens a son’s eyes to his father’s humanity in Glenn Pfitzenmaier’s “Evergreen Memories,” this week’s #NewFictionFriday story. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/ever...

October is pasta month — the perfect time of year to love linguine, celebrate spaghetti, and have fun with farfalle. Bob Sassone shares some great pasta recipes and brings you other News of the Week. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/news...

Hysteria is tied to some pretty outrageous things that (male) physicians believed about women’s bodies two millennia ago. Get a quick history lesson in today’s In a Word. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/the-...

The king of the modern sitcom shares the giggles and gaffes of his own life. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/3-qu...

There’s no question master documentarian Alex Gibney approached his mammoth film 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘬 with a point of view: that the owner of Tesla, X, and SpaceX is a man so rich he is accountable to no one. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/revi...

Fallen leaves are far more than seasonal clutter. They help protect soil, conserve moisture, and slowly return nutrients and organic matter to the ground as they decompose. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/gree...

Technological innovation, war, marketing, and changing consumer habits helped turn chocolate into the candy bars Americans know today. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/from...

New cartoon collection: Pet Shop Shenanigans www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/cart...

Welcome to Jerome, Arizona — one of the country’s spookiest towns. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/jero...

Americans lost nearly $21 billion in cyber-enabled crimes in 2025. One woman is working to stop it. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/prot...

Enjoy these classic Post covers spanning six decades of football, from childhood to college and the pros. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/collections/...

Gloria Steinem was not only a renowned feminist trailblazer but also a fashion icon. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/comm...

Imagine forgetting your 25th wedding anniversary. How might that play out? This week’s #NewFictionFriday story, Bruce Abraham’s “The Friendly Flower Shop,” offers one such scenario. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/the-...

Would you eat Chicken & Waffles-flavored Oreos? Bob Sassone tells you all about Oreos’ new flavors and other can’t-miss News of the Week.  www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/news...

An adventure film without irony, agenda, or socio/political subtext, Tenzing is a viscerally thrilling, breathtakingly shot, emotionally enthralling saga of men pushing themselves to the savage limits of endurance for no reason other than to see if they can do it.

This is one dead bug you'll love. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/5-mi...

History shows how hard it is to see where new technology will take us. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/befo...

New cartoon collection: A Prescription for Giggles www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/cart...

For 200 years, baseball has played a multifaceted, meaningful role in American history. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/cons...

“This was an opportunity to safeguard a cornerstone of American democracy — the very home where strategy, courage, and conviction converged to secure voting rights for millions of Americans.” www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/the-...

We know the uniforms, the rules, and the carefully curated wholesome image of young women who went west to work as waitresses in Fred Harvey’s restaurants. But real women stood behind the uniforms and the images. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/the-...

Baseball is a sport that can be uniquely modulated. And Cooperstown is all about measuring out those moments. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/coop...

Would you bring a cold brew to an interview? Bob Sassone contemplates this and other news of the week.

His father betrayed the town; the town villainized the family. Through it all, only one friend stood by Jimmy, and they were about to part. Get your heart-strings pulled with Heather Dewar’s “This Could Be the Ocean,” this week’s #NewFictionFriday story.

Whether you experience 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 in a theater or at home, set aside a little extra time afterward to just contemplate this, the most thoughtfully crafted, emotionally absorbing action film since 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/revi...

Rosemary, that sweet-scented herb, wasn’t originally named for either the rose or Mary. Get a little folk etymology in today’s In a Word. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/in-a...

In 1986, with their fourth album, Brotherhood, New Order's post-punk electronic fusion sound broke through in the U.S. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/10/list...

New cartoon collection: Phone Booth Fun www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/cart...

Their long summer months of companionship are over, and the children’s pets must gaze wonderingly while they receive farewell waves. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/clas...

Experts say that depending on where a solar storm hits and how strong it is, it could take from a few months to as long as a decade to fully recover. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/our-...

We all have opinions about things; opinions that will never change. Here are 30 of Bob Sassone’s. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/here...

Researchers estimate that up to 22 percent of the ­population lives with smell impairments or disorders. Yet the conditions have been poorly understood, under­diagnosed and often minimized by clinicians. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/losi...

Ginsburg played the long game by finding and winning cases where the government discriminated against men, and in doing so created the argument for why there was no legal right to discriminate against women. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/how-...

Kutztown may seem an unlikely place to encounter an artist who first made his name scrawling chalk graffiti across subway stations in gritty 1980s New York, but you can find Keith Haring’s art is everywhere in his Pennsylvania hometown. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/beyo...

On September 25, 1926, Henry Ford announced his employees would now work an eight-hour day for five days a week. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/to-t...

He’s no pyromaniac — not yet. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/burn...

If you like Norman Rockwell’s art then you’ll love the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which just opened this week. Bob Sassone talks about the museum and brings you other News of the Week. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/09/news...