Archive for January, 2007

After Virtue, After Virginia

This year saw the monthly debate society I host, which meets the first Wednesday of each month at Lolita Bar in Manhattan, confront a relatively timeless question: “Is Chastity a Good Idea for Singles?” Dawn Eden, who has become a gung-ho Catholic since I dated her five years ago, wrote a book arguing “yes” […]

DEBATE AT LOLITA BAR: “Is Chastity a Good Idea for Singles?”

Hear Thrill of the Chaste author Dawn Eden ( http://ThrilloftheChaste.com ) and I Love You, Let’s Meet author Virginia Vitzthum ( http://www.virginiavitzthum.com/ilylm ) debate the question “Is Chastity a Good Idea for Singles?” in the basement of Lolita Bar (266 Broome St. at Allen St., one block south and three west of the Delancey St. […]

Book Selection of the Month: “After Virtue” by Alasdair MacIntyre

ToddSeavey.com Book Selection of the Month (January 2007):
After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre
Alasdair MacIntyre’s a great philosopher and writer yet coy and elliptical enough to be a frickin’ Straussian (I notice he praises Straussian Harry Jaffa at one point, so perhaps he is — he’s a bit of everything else, so why not a Straussian, too?). […]