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USPS going broke.

The USPS is going to default on a loan payment this month, $5.5 billion in fact, and without a bailout from Congress it may shut down entirely this winter. Patrick R. Donahoe, US Postmaster General, has tried reforming the bureaucracy but has been unable to stem losses enough to avoid the current situation. The New […]

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The tenets of ‘rugged altruism.’

I do have a lot of admiration for those brave souls who leave behind kith and kin to go help with aid work in a developing nation. Some have questions regarding the utility of the aid provided by nongovernmental organizations and even organizations like the UN in terms of fostering a sentiment of dependence rather […]

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