Tag Archives: U.S. Postal Service

Has Google Replaced U.S. Postal Stamps in Celebrating Cultural Giants?

Call it the Dawn of the Great Google Doodle Backlash. From today’s Washington Post Outlook section (via Politico Playbook): The case against the Google Doodle When Google honored African American author Zora Neale Hurston with a custom logo — a Google … Continue reading

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South Boston Rep. Steve Lynch Goes Postal

The United States Postal System is one step from the dead-letter office, given its $9 billion deficit. Op Art feature in Sunday’s New York Times: Things have gotten so bad, the American Postal Workers Union has launched an ad campaign to generate … Continue reading

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Doing Good Before Doing Well

In these parlous economic times, college graduates are turning toward public service jobs to tide them over until private sector jobs bounce back. From Wednesday’s New York Times: In 2009 alone, 16 percent more young college graduates worked for the … Continue reading

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WSJ Goes Postal

Excellent charticle on the U.S. Postal Service in the Wall Street Journal’s This Week wrap: Among the high/lowlights: • The USPS now handles about 150 billion pieces of mail a year vs. 200+ billion per annum in 2005-2007 • Post … Continue reading

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