At this event, AEI visiting scholar R. Richard Geddes, who urged for postal reform in his 2003 AEI Press book "Saving the Mail," will present an updated policy paper that assesses the USPS’s current situation and argues for long-term, concrete reform.

Given the Postal Service's fiscal crisis, and the need to adjust to market realities, it is time to put the Service on a course toward meaningful structural change that will give it the ability to adjust to demand for its core activity of delivering physical mail.

The Postal Service needs to be converted into a regular business, facing market competition and disciplined by active, focused shareholders. It must be permitted to reduce its high and rigid costs, and to adjust to the realities of a new communications marketplace. This should be done through de-monopolization, corporatization, and eventual privatization, as has been done in many other countries.

In the lead up to the 4th of July, a new study details the views Americans hold about our country, the actions Americans consider patriotic, and opinions on institutions such as the military.

In the lead up to the 4th of July, AEI's Karlyn Bowman and Andrew Rugg release a study that details the views Americans hold about our country, the actions Americans consider patriotic, and opinions on institutions such as the military.

The conclusion I draw from Walmart v. Dukes is that Ginsburg thinks the only fair way to run a large organization is the way government runs civil service. Anyone with experience in the real world can tell you that an organization run this way wouldn't be as efficient or do as good a job of satisfying consumers' wants.

It is not surprising that, in tough times, Americans would be inclined to believe the absolute worst about their elected officials. But at least let the criticism be fair and based on facts instead of persistent urban legends.