I enjoyed chatting with Alicia Nieves of NewsNation's The Hill about the Postal Service. Congress needs to ask the public: (1) What do we want from the USPS in the 21st century; and (2) How shall we pay for it? Watch the full interview on USPS's future at kevinrkosar.substack.com/p/what-do-we...

My short post on the federal government's property problems. This is not a polarized, partisan issue. Addressing it will require both the legislative branch and the executive branch to partner tightly and get the job done. kevinrkosar.substack.com/p/the-federa...

Just posted on my Beverages, Books, and More. The Western world has always drawn associations between human constitution and the size and weight of the body---often errantly. Read it at beveragesbooksandmore.substack.com/p/the-metamo...

How will the November congressional elections shake out? What might be the ramifications for governance? The Chautauqua Institute has released the video of our efforts to answer these questions. View it at www.youtube.com/live/ljLh8n_...

Drinks-making is manufacturing. Tariffs are hurting American companies. theconversation.com/trumps-new-t...

My attempt to answer an all too common question: kevinrkosar.substack.com/p/why-is-it-...

Good figure and Olivia Beavers story. It's hard for the GOP to build a majority in the House with such a narrow majority and without Democratic votes. www.wsj.com/politics/mid...

Whoa.

Interesting research on the House Appropriations Committee’s Surveys & Investigations Staff, who were quietly abolished in 2024. matthewdull.substack.com/p/oversight-...

My new shirt. IYKYK.

Alan Greenspan wooed his future wife, Andrea Mitchell, by taking her to his apartment to examine an essay he wrote on monopolies and antitrust. RIP: kevinrkosar.substack.com/p/rip-alan-g...

My latest piece for the Examiner: "Congressional Republicans Are Losing Patience with Trump." www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4589...

The Congressional Baseball Game is on Wednesday, June 10. Is it a waste of time or does the game foster collaboration in Congress? Prof. SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor explains: www.understandingcongress.org/podcast/does...

Congress Is Swamped With Communications Yet Struggles to Hear the People Can Congress re-engineer itself to better hear voters' wishes? kevinrkosar.substack.com/p/congress-i...

An easy, inexpensive dish to prepare. Recipe: beveragesbooksandmore.substack.com/p/recipe-cia...

"Serpico is a case study in organizational behavior. It reminds us there can be a large gap between an organization’s rules and ostensible goals and its actual operations. It also shows that organizational culture can perpetuate bad behaviors." beveragesbooksandmore.substack.com/p/review-ser...

$13 a bottle and well worth it. My short review is at beveragesbooksandmore.substack.com

Well, that was a fun novel. My short review is at beveragesbooksandmore.substack.com

Surreal to go to arts day at my kids' school (Field School) and to see kid-made campaign prints for @erinpetrey.bsky.social !

There is so much purple prose in this piece. I found it impossible to finish. I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America - The Atlantic share.google/BEylBBPoldON...

Good morning. Here's my story on the House of Representatives Modernization Subcommittee, which is trying to upgrade Congress for the 21st century. www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4554...

I wrote this in 2022. Sadly, it is becoming all the more true. Elections, Federalism, and the Peril of a Partisan Race to the Bottom www.aei.org/research-pro...

A marvelous biography of an incredible man. Here is my short review: open.substack.com/pub/beverage...

What's on the syllabus for undergrad Intro to Congress and Intro to American Gov courses? We did a little survey. One thing we learned is that Mayhew's still popular. For more results, follow me here or at substack.com/@kevinrkosar #MPSA #MPSA2026

"About two-thirds of the text that becomes law is injected into bills after they are introduced, according to the most recent analysis by political scientists Andreu Casas (Royal Holloway University of London) and John D. Wilkerson (University of Washington)."

Where I point folks to some of the good things in life. beveragesbooksandmore.substack.com

This Nublume kit make growing mushrooms easy. beveragesbooksandmore.substack.com/p/grow-your-...

We Mismeasure Congress's Productivity By Counting Laws kevinrkosar.substack.com/p/we-mismeas...

NW DC. 2 bedrooms, top/8th floor and a 10 minute bus ride to DuPont Circle! PRICE CUT: $475k. Open house on Saturday. The monthly fee covers taxes/utilities/etc. Details: www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Is the Postal Service doomed? GAO delivered some hard truths to Capitol Hill recently. USPS may be out of cash in less than a year, and its unfunded benefit liabilities and debt were $166 billion at the end of fiscal year 2025(!) kevinrkosar.substack.com/p/is-the-pos...