Archive - Virginia's Newsletter

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Reading good books and an occasional lousy one. Plus lots of podcasts.

16 hrs ago •

Virginia Postrel

April 2025

March 2025

Next Zoom Meeting for Paid Subscribers

We'll fool around with AI on Monday.

Mar 7 •

Virginia Postrel

February 2025

January 2025

Managing Generosity Takes Work

And mysterious Google algorithms don't help.

Jan 17 •

Virginia Postrel

California Has Its Own Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

And one of them is FIRE. Updates and a guest post from Reason Foundation president and SoCal native David Nott

Jan 15 •

Virginia Postrel

Reflections on Burning Cities

I'm safe in Orange County, waiting to see what happens in the next couple of days.

Jan 14 •

Virginia Postrel

From the Archives: You Can’t Fight California Fires With Political Hot Air

Why we have those fires and how to think about preventing them. And, yes, I'm safe.

Jan 8 •

Virginia Postrel

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