One for Cliff Clavin

(Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor beer…okay, maybe beer)

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I read this past week that the U.S. Post Office plans to … ready? … to lower the price of a stamp, something that hasn’t happened in nearly 100 years. This will be fantastic news for the seven Americans who still actually mail stuff.

But it’s true. For only the third time since the Civil War, the price of a postage stamp is going down, this time plummeting from 49¢ to 47¢.

Historical sidebar: On the day after the Civil...