Every time I think about the United States Postal Service handling 44% of the world's mail without any tax or other government-funding dollars supporting it.
How it is written into the Constitution.
How there is a Smithsonian museum.
It is far from perfect -- and I'll be damned before I claim anything is sacred from improvement or criticism --
-- and it's one fine institution, I tell you what.
For pocket change you can get a piece of paper and write from and have delivered to anyone in this country. And for a bit more than pocket change, and not much at that, most places in the world.
Hello to my fellow Americans! I'm sure a lot of you, like me, feel angry and helpless about the situation in Gaza, especially since our own government is enabling a genocide by providing aid and weapons to Israel. Well, one way you can help is by contacting your congressional representatives!
Go to https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials to get a list of your elected representatives complete with their emails, their mailing address for letters, and their office phone numbers.
(Snail mail letters are most effective!)
Do not say "nothing I do matters". That is a disservice to the people of Gaza. We Americans are the ones who can most effectively put pressure on our own government. And of course we can continue to protest and boycott too. We must do everything we can.