Hey, guess what? In case you’re not already aware, post office rates are changing. The rate-increase plan, approved by the USPS in March, will go into effect on July 15. The increase was recommended by the Postal Regulatory Committee, an agency independent of the Post Office, and is a modified version of a rate structure [...]

I highly recommend listening to “9/11 (with Allen Ginsberg in mind)” by Andrei Codrescu. You can also find it on the NPR website but poetry is often better heard than read, and this is no exception. I heard this on NPR years ago (2002 maybe?) and it has stuck with me ever since.

Just want to throw this out there because it’s been bothering me for awhile. You don’t need me to tell you that the nation’s swung hard to the right ever since our esteemed Leader took over piloting the ship and has been looking for icebergs to ram ever since. I’m greatly troubled by the fact [...]

Exxon reported a profit of $10.36 billion for the second three months of the year, or $1.72 per share, up from $7.64 billion, or $1.20 per share, a year ago… Putting it into perspective, Exxon earned $114 million per day in the second quarter. That’s $79,000 per minute or $1,300 per second. Thank God no [...]