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4 Feb 2016, 6:32 am
In addition to the New Republic review noted above, Virginia Postrel discusses “Illiberal Reformers” here. [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 5:07 am
"Even when print was profitable, TNR and magazines like it weren't," says Virginia Postrel, criticizing Chris Hughes. [read post]
26 Nov 2015, 7:27 am
While the press routinely portrays Yik Yak as a sump of digital hostility, Virginia Postrel found something quite different when she went on. [read post]
7 Nov 2015, 5:27 am
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]
8 Oct 2015, 5:28 am
Virginia Postrel explains. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 3:06 am
And thanks to Instapundit guestblogger Virginia Postrel for linking to our past coverage. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 5:53 am
An outsider looking at our world would be amazed at such behaviour, which at times appears self-destructive.I'd read this earlier via Virginia Postrel, linking to "Pope Francis Is Wrong about Air Conditioning" at The National Review. [read post]
11 Jun 2015, 3:56 pm
Virginia Postrel – Bloomberg View. [read post]
6 Jun 2015, 12:26 pm
[Virginia Postrel, Bloomberg View] Tags: art and artists“The tragedy of the Monet in the basement” is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
4 Jun 2015, 11:36 am
Bloomberg columnist Virginia Postrel takes notice of Michael O'Hare's recent "iconoclastic" article calling for "more, better engagement with art. [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 1:36 pm
, by Virginia Postrel: When was the last time your talent-hungry organization hired the equivalent of Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler, the undrafted rookie who came out of the... [read post]
22 Oct 2014, 9:36 am
VIRGINIA POSTREL: Oscar de la Renta’s Last Stand Against Slobs. [read post]
24 Aug 2014, 9:05 pm
Times via Virginia Postrel] Tweet Tags: colleges and universities, Fifth Circuit, NYC, schools, trademarksBack to school roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 9:05 pm
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]
22 Jul 2014, 3:58 pm
” There are subtle differences between those two, conceptually; then there is the distinction between “fashion” and “style,” as Hollander observed; and then the distinction between “style” and “glamour,” of which Virginia Postrel has written. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 9:15 pm
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]
10 Jun 2014, 8:03 am
Travel is promoted by the industries that profit from it, including writers who romanticize it, and I question whether the consumers who hemorrhage money and submit to the ordeals of travel even know their own minds as they profess to love travel.Now, Virginia Postrel has this essay titled "The Glamour of Getting Away/No matter how unpleasant the real journeys, travel still has a way of seducing us," and I don't see why her observations don't lead her to the… [read post]
29 Apr 2014, 9:05 pm
[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]
13 Mar 2014, 5:34 am
I’m particularly pleased to have played a role in bringing so many terrific authors to speak at Cato this year, including Virginia Postrel and Lenore Skenazy (I helped a bit with Megan McArdle too). [read post]
1 Feb 2014, 5:30 am
We were talking about this yesterday, and here's Virginia Postrel — via Instapundit — talking about the factual inaccuracy of pointing to art history, in particular, as a college major that might not correlate with a good income: [A]rt history isn’t a major naive kids fall into because they’ve heard a college degree — any college degree — will get you a good job... [read post]
