What makes you think that FedEx and UPS want all that business. When Bill Bolger was Postmaster General he used to say that he knew lots of people who wanted part of his job and nobody who wanted all of it. That is still the case.

Where did you get the idea that Congress is subsidizing the Postal Service? Exactly the opposite is true. The Postal Service has been subsidizing the Feds for decades. In years when the USPS made money Congress confiscated it. In years when they lost money Congress criticized it. The Postal Service has a $15 billion line of credit with the Treasury. But since 2006 the Postal Service has paid $34 billion into a fund to pre-pay fully the USPS contribution to the health insurance of Postal retirees for the next 75 years. They have also overpaid into the pension funds. Without these confiscations we would not be having this discussion. Congress manufactured this problem, but you can be sure they will do nothing to fix it.

What's the point? The CRA will have the full force of law once it is passed by both houses and signed by the President. But the President will not sign it, so why bother?

They don't. You're talking ancient history.

Why would FedEx be interested? Bill Bolger, Postmaster General from 1978 to 1985, used to say he knew lots of people who wanted a part of his job, and nobody who wanted all of it. Nothing about that has changed in the 27 years since he retired.

Actually this has nothing to do with 9-11 and everything to do with your package not falling apart in transit, which has been a problem since long before 9-11. This happens a lot less than it used to, but still more than it should. It is inconvenient (and perhaps expensive) for you when your package arrives damaged or doesn't arrive at all. It is expensive for the Postal Service to recover the shreds of your poorly wrapped package and then try to figure out who was supposed to get it or, failing that, who sent it.

You need to read her post more carefully. She said the Postal Service has approved materials. She didn't say she was required to use them. Then she said that they will even help her make sure her package is sufficiently secure.

Which seems like the more desirable scenario to you? 1) You take your package home and rewrap it according to Postal Service guidelines, bring it back and it gets delivered. 2) You mail the package as it is, it falls apart in transit, never gets delivered and you blame the Postal Service when it's really your own fault.

I predicted some years back that in fifty years the Democratic Party would be dead and the Republican Party would split. I envisioned the former happening before the latter. The Democratic Party is increasingly dominated by the lunatic left. That cannot continue for another fifty years. The Republican Party is divided between those who value winning elections and those who see no point in winning elections if you're going to govern like the other guys. It seems to me that one of two things must happen. Either the Democratic Party will die and the Republican Party split. Or, The Republican Party will split and the left side of it will join the Democratic Party, pulling rightward (but not enough).

As I understand it, they were not anti-Jeffersonian; they were anti-Jacksonian, which is what Shapiro said.