{"id":4976,"date":"2023-02-08T11:30:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2023-02-08T11:30:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:30:53","slug":"can-the-u-s-postal-service-survive-in-the-21st-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/can-the-u-s-postal-service-survive-in-the-21st-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the U.S. Postal Service survive in the 21st Century?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Discourse-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"148\" data-attachment-id=\"4977\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/can-the-u-s-postal-service-survive-in-the-21st-century\/discourse-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Discourse-logo.png\" data-orig-size=\"680,148\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Discourse-logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Discourse-logo-300x65.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Discourse-logo.png\" src=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Discourse-logo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Discourse-logo.png 680w, https:\/\/kevinrkosar.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Discourse-logo-300x65.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported delivering 11.7 billion mailpieces and packages over the recent December holidays. Its delivery time averaged a mere 2.5 days, an improvement on last year\u2019s 2.7-day delivery time. The Postal Service delivers to 163 million addresses scattered over the country\u2019s 3.7 million square miles, as well as to Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other territories. Moving that much mail and boxes is no small achievement&#8230;.(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoursemagazine.com\/ideas\/2023\/02\/08\/can-the-u-s-postal-service-survive-in-the-21st-century\/\">Read more<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) reported delivering 11.7 billion mailpieces and packages over the recent December holidays. Its delivery time averaged a mere 2.5 days, an improvement on last year\u2019s 2.7-day delivery time. 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