FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Pandas reading papers. A gem of a cover from the February 1990 issue.
A seriously cool telegram went up in the Kiplinger hallway today. In case you can’t read the old-timey typing, it says:
“Some people have trouble imagining Washington without air conditioning. I have trouble imagining it without the Kiplinger Washington Letter. While I couldn’t join you and Presidents Ford and Carter this evening, I didn’t want to let the opportunity pass without adding my congratulations to those you will be receiving from all around the country. The ultimate insider’s guide passes retirement age, still going strong.”
Signed: Richard Nixon. (Whoa.)
FRIDAY FLASHBACK: “Can you work your way through college?” — from the July 1960 issue. Today, the answer for most students is no.
FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Computers! As seen in the April 1971 issue.
FRIDAY FLASHBACK: Real talk from the September 1960 issue.
“I can’t prove it mathematically, but if every one of us were, say, 10% better in what we do every day, many of the better things we want would somehow happen sooner … Let’s not rule out thinking big about little things, for a lot of littles make the bigs.”
FRIDAY FLASHBACK: A really nice meditation on materialism and the value of money, from the May 1960 issue. Incidentally, it appears thoughts were once worth a nickel — not two cents!
FRIDAY FLASHBACK: A (pretty hilarious) joke from the April 1950 issue.
From the April 1972 issue.
From the July 1971 issue. Still relevant!
