March/April 2024

Today, one-third of taxpayers routinely prepare their return at the last minute and, on average, spend 13 hours to complete the paperwork.

Rubber tires became a possibility with the discovery of vulcanization, a chemical process that made rubber more resistant to extreme heat and cold.

New Hampshire’s high-mountain huts have brought peaks within reach for generations of Americans.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s struggle against polio transformed him into the man who led the country through the Great Depression and World War II.

In 1920, with their income doubling every month, F. Scott Fitzgerald and wife Zelda checked into the most expensive hotel in New York and lived a wild, expensive life. When Fitzgerald’s bank eventually told him he had no more money, he chose a more appealing solution than thrift. (Originally published April 5, 1924)

These words rock! And so does our resident wordsmith.

“I will be very happy if, when I’m 60, I can look back and say, ‘I was a very funny person in this world.’”

Some upgrades are easier than others.

Here’s what I’ve learned from ordinary yet extraordinary people about kindness, compassion, and helping others.

Keep shoulders healthy and strong with these simple at-home stretches and exercises that improve flexibility and range of motion.

America’s oldest narrow-gauge railroad is back from the brink of doom — for a second time.

News that President Harding’s Secretary of the Interior had been secretly selling government oil for his own profit naturally angered the Post editors, but they regarded this crime as part of a pattern of national wastefulness.

Jolting the brain’s circuits with electricity is moving from radical to almost mainstream therapy, but some crucial hurdles remain.

2024 is a leap year, which means an extra day of reading! Here are ten great books to jump start your spring.

Relocating to Italy was a massive risk, with an equally massive reward.

A hunter ends up in hot water transporting ducks.

How do you handle a dog who raids the trash can?

Preserving local businesses takes a village.

He was once dismissed as the “king of hope,” but that’s a throne he’s happy to sit on.

In 1873, a female Universalist minister named Olympia Brown married John Henry Willis. The Post thought it newsworthy that Ms. Brown had chosen to retain her own name instead of taking her husband’s.

A new exhibition is showcasing the work of Erma Bombeck, one the 20th century’s greatest American humorists.

Once upon a time, people became famous because they did great things.