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Boston Globe 1978: My First Attack on the Postal Monopoly

On this day in 1978, my first op-ed appeared in a major newspaper. The Boston Globe published my attack on the Postal Service with a kick-ass headline that made even me smile: “Time to Stamp Out the Postal Monopoly.” Looking at the recent scanned image, I suspect the years have been hard on that photocopy […]

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Mail Slowdowns Started 50 Years Before Trump

American Institute on Economic Research, August 18, 2020 Mail Slowdowns Started 50 Years Before Trump by James Bovard Democrats and much of the media are screaming bloody murder over President Trump’s latest Postal Service reforms. Trump recently approved an extra $10 billion in federal credit for the floundering mail service. But because he is balking […]

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40 Years of Pummeling the Postal Service

[the full text of many of the articles mentioned here are posted here] Mises Institute, July 27, 2018 40 Years of Pummeling the Postal Service by James Bovard Today is the 40th anniversary of the publication of my first attack on the Postal Service. “Time to Stamp Out the Postal Monopoly” was the lead article […]

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