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18 Jun 2008, 11:45 pm
I was intrigued by Virginia Postrel's latest article on conspicuous consumption. [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 9:01 pm
VIRGINIA POSTREL: There's no such thing as a free carbon cap. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 12:47 am
Virginia Postrel writes: McCain is an instinctive regulator who considers business a base pursuit. [read post]
23 Jan 2008, 3:01 pm
Extra bonus: The current issue has Virginia Postrel's Substance-of-Style-ish piece on fonts, plus an interview with the director of the documentary... [read post]
10 Jan 2008, 9:00 pm
It's extraordinarily disappointing to see Reason, once the magazine of Virginia Postrel and Walter Olson, turn into a defender of the worst elements of paleo-libertarianism. [read post]
9 Jan 2008, 4:30 pm
VIRGINIA POSTREL posts a rare criticism of Reason magazine over the Ron Paul affair. [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 12:18 pm
I got to meet a lot of people who are way smarter than me, including such luminaries as Virginia Postrel and her husband Stephen (speaking strictly from a 'improving the species' perspective, it's tragic those two don't have kids, because they're both scary smart.), the estimable hilzoy and Sebastian of Obsidian Wings, Jeff Goldstein and Stephen Green, the men who consistently frustrated me with their mix of wit and wisdom I could never match, and I've… [read post]
16 Dec 2007, 10:05 pm
Sally Satel, the receipient of Virginia Postrel's kidney (see also here), authored this amazing NY Times Magazine article in which she describes the overwhelming emotions that donors and would-be recipients go through under the current system of donating organs: A week after my 49th birthday in January 2005, half a year after being given a diagnosis of renal failure, a friend and I were drinking coffee at a Starbucks when I wondered aloud if I would find a donor before I… [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 4:41 am
MORE BLOGGING from Virginia Postrel. [read post]
29 Nov 2007, 6:07 am
FROM VIRGINIA POSTREL, a look at science and objectivity. [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 4:51 am
VIRGINIA POSTREL IS BACK TO BLOGGING: Welcome back to the 'sphere, Virginia. [read post]
30 Oct 2007, 11:05 pm
At any rate, all of this reminded me of this excellent Virginia Postrel/Atlantic.com article that compares the radically different land use policies of Los Angeles, on one hand, and Dallas (which are quite similar to Houston's), on the other. [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 7:28 pm
...has sang-froid (scroll to end). [read post]
21 Sep 2007, 10:04 am
WELL, THIS SUCKS: Virginia Postrel mentions, in an oh-by-the-way fashion: "I have breast cancer and start chemotherapy next Friday. [read post]
24 Aug 2007, 5:12 am
VIRGINIA POSTREL on Science glamor and DNA style. [read post]
30 Jul 2007, 6:55 pm
VIRGINIA POSTREL: Personal interests aside, the more fundamental issue is the way we treat the term disease. [read post]
22 Jul 2007, 8:00 pm
I also want to respond to some of Frank's critics, including Tyler Cowen, Virginia Postrel, Will Wilkinson, and Kip Viscusi. [read post]