Econ and related, which in my mind includes practically everything

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/opinion/friedman-so-much-fun-so-irrelevant.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig

I'm think I have been to one of the town fighting to keep its post office.  Perhaps one nearby.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/us/arkansas-towns-with-a-post-office-and-little-else-fight-closings.html?pagewanted=2&partner=rss&emc=rss&src=ig