Earlier this morning, Kevin left a comment on a February blog post I'd written about the W.H. Auden poem "Night Mail." Kevin l...

Earlier in this blog, I wrote of the Vick letters that are transcribed and annotated on RootsWeb . Jack Landers did quite a bit of research ...

I don't know about you, but nowadays I often feel overwhelmed with everything that's going on in the world. I'm a journalist, so...

A story on NPR yesterday details how the U.S. Postal Service is cutting airstrip service — the only type available — to a remote area of Id...

I suppose there are quite a few things we can learn from writing letters...how to communicate in writing, proper format for different types ...

"Oh yes, wait a minute, Mr. Postman. Wait, Mr. Postman. Please Mr. Postman, look and see, is there a letter, a letter for me?" ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter addressed a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate and asked to change the rules that require...