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23 Jun 2015, 3:06 am by Walter Olson
And thanks to Instapundit guestblogger Virginia Postrel for linking to our past coverage. [read post]
29 Apr 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Wired with futurist Karl Schroeder] “Getting state out of marriage” makes for neat slogan but results would be messy in practice [Eugene Volokh] Lobbying by auto body shops keeps Rhode Island car repair costs high [Providence Journal, PCIAA press release and report in PDF] “Bipartisan, publicity-hungry members of Congress want the FTC to investigate Photoshopping in ads” [Virginia Postrel on this WaPo report; Daily Beast; earlier here, here, etc.]… [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]
30 Jun 2014, 9:15 pm by Walter Olson
And Virginia Postrel makes the case for making contraception over-the-counter, which would largely remove employers from the equation while widening access greatly. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
The Authors Guild” [Alex Tabarrok quoting Virginia Postrel] “Thwarting ‘patent trolls’: Not as easy as it sounds” [Michael Rosen, AEI] “Trolls and Trial Lawyers Should Curb Their Enthusiasm Over Patent Reform Timeout” [Cory Andrews, WLF] “I realized that receiving a patent really just meant that you bought a lottery ticket to a lawsuit” – [Elon Musk, Tesla; Brad Greenburg, Concurring Opinions] Ready for Hillary is… [read post]
4 Dec 2006, 4:22 am
(Via Virginia Postrel.) [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 10:13 pm by Walter Olson
After President Obama’s Orlando photo-op with construction workers came the high-ticket fundraiser at the home of med-mal titan John Morgan [Orlando Sentinel] “Lawyer Sues Facebook, Says Tracking Cookie Violates Wiretap Laws” [ABA Journal] The bone-marrow bounty that could save a life — and the law that gets in the way [Virginia Postrel] New coalition to repeal New York’s unfair Scaffold Law; “How the FDA Could Cost You Your Life”… [read post]
3 Feb 2011, 9:02 pm by Walter Olson
More/related: Virginia Postrel considers why small foodmakers and farmers were able to get a better legislative deal from Big Government than makers of small children’s items [WSJ] The Handmade Toy Alliance hopes President Obama’s announced change of course on regulation will help. [read post]
5 Dec 2019, 2:58 am by Walter Olson
.'” [Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News via Virginia Postrel; earlier here, here, and here] Tags: hospitals, overwarning, safety [read post]
10 Jul 2011, 12:51 pm by Kenneth Anderson
“We are taking away a choice that continues to let people waste their own money,” [Chu] said.My own view, fwiw, is that of Ann Althouse and Virginia Postrel — repeal now. [read post]
5 Dec 2009, 5:41 pm
UPDATE: I have added a link to Virginia Postrel’s post, which I accidentally omitted earlier. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 11:06 am by Eugene Volokh
This also reminded me that my longtime friend and recent guest-blogger, Virginia Postrel, had donated a kidney 15 years ago to her friend Sally Satel (who as it happens was cited in a post here last week). [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]
1 Dec 2011, 2:57 pm by Elie Mystal
[Indianapolis Star] * Instapundit Glenn Reynolds interviews Virginia Postrel about the higher education bubble. [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 9:06 pm by Walter Olson
.” [TCEQ press release, WSJ editorial] As upstate New York hopes for Greek-yogurt boom, enviros defend extra-strict factory-farm (“CAFO”) regs [Abby Wisse Schachter, NY Post] Land-use control and economic inequality in America [Virginia Postrel, Bloomberg; Randal O'Toole, Cato] House Oversight report confirms EPA lead-paint renovation rule continues to frustrate Main Street [Angela Logomasini; earlier here, etc.] [read post]
7 Nov 2015, 5:27 am by Walter Olson
pic.twitter.com/oAtjxxDCCI — Virginia Postrel (@vpostrel) November 6, 2015 Tags: environment, minimum wage, New York TimesNYT public editor: yes, nail salon series had problems is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 9:08 pm by Walter Olson
.] “Mission Creep Leads TSA to Racially Profile in Pursuit of Non-Terrorists to Arrest” [Virginia Postrel] Guestblogging at The Agitator, William Peterson outlines doubts about prosecutions that include the pursuit of Victoria Sprouse on mortgage-fraud charges in North Carolina, abuse accusations relating to the Creative Frontiers school near Sacramento, and the conviction of Courtney Bisbee at the hands of Maricopa County D.A. [read post]