This Wednesday, March 3 (at 8pm), we will broach the weighty question of theologically-inspired wussitude with two dueling conservatives:
•Richard Spencer (formerly an editor at American Conservative and TakiMag and now the founding editor of AlternativeRight.com, which launches today) argues YES.
•Helen Rittelmeyer (a writer/editor whose work has been used by First Things, Culture11, American Spectator, American [...]
Our recent (Feb. 3) Debate at Lolita Bar pitted two former members of the Misfits, Bobby Steele and Michale Graves, against each other on the question “Is the Music Business Bad for Music as an Art Form?” Remember the event with us now, with photos by Monty Leman (showing, from left to right, me, Graves, [...]
This Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 8pm, an ex-Misfits vs. ex-Misfits (conservative!) punk-rock smackdown:
•Bobby Steele of the Undead argues YES.
•Michale Graves argues NO.
•Michel Evanchik (token Democrat) moderates and Todd Seavey hosts. Our debate last month was about “noshing,” this time it’s about “moshing” — so join us!
Voting on the question at the end: you, the unwashed [...]
This Wed., Jan. 6 (at 8pm) join us (at 266 Broome St. at Allen St. on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one block south of the Delancey St. F J M Z subway stop) for a debate on a matter of great local importance — followed promptly by a field trip to sample the [...]
Ken Silber, whose side of the question prevailed in last night’s audience vote (meaning we should not abolish NASA), described the debate on his blog and was even nice enough to post a two-part audio recording of the event. (My thanks to him for participating, recording, and editing.)
Oddly enough, I also just stumbled across [...]
OK, my Earthlink e-mail seems fine again — and tonight’s Debate at Lolita Bar about NASA just got a little better, too, as I have decided to create a little synergy between this month’s debate and this month’s ToddSeavey.com Book Selection.
That’s right, in order to remind everyone how high the stakes are as we debate [...]
This Wed., Dec. 2 (at 8pm) join us (at 266 Broome St. at Allen St. on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, one block south of the Delancey St. subway stop) for a debate on whether to get rid of our government-run space program:
•Greg Rehmke, lecturer and program director with the Economic Thinking project, argues [...]
“Are Che, Castro, Chavez, and Their Ilk Bad for Latin America?” — a Debate at Lolita Bar, this Wed., Nov. 4 (at 8pm), downstairs at 266 Broome St. (at Allen St.) on the Lower East Side, one block south of the Delancey St. subway.
Arguing yes: THOR HALVORSSEN, activist, defender of free speech on campus, and [...]
Are there leftists who defend the Latin American left anymore? If so, I only need one of you — to be a debater against a libertarian at Lolita Bar (266 Broome St. at Allen St.) on Wed., Nov. 4 (8pm), but you (or the colleagues you nudge to volunteer) need to TELL ME TODAY (I’ll [...]
From spacers to truthers to birthers. Concluding our trilogy of special “conspiracy”-themed debates (which included extraterrestrials and 9/11), on Wednesday, Oct. 7 (at 8pm), we will ask:
“Is Obama Really a Natural-Born Citizen?”
The debaters:
•Vijay Dewan, co-organizer of Young Lawyers for Obama and current associate at the law firm where the Obamas met, arguing yes.
•Howard Yourow, [...]
2. The Truthers’ call to reopen the 9/11 investigation prevailed by a vote of about 15-10 at last night’s debate — and coincidentally, I see today on Drudge that debater Sander Hicks is not the only Truther involved in politics who has a communist past and has transmogrified into more of a proponent of a [...]
Wed., September 2, at 8pm, with:
Sander Hicks* arguing yes.
Saul Devitt** arguing no.
(And the group NYCCAN fighting in court, meanwhile, over whether to make it a ballot initiative question.)
Hosted by Todd Seavey and moderated by Michel Evanchik.
Free admission, cash bar. Basement level of Lolita Bar at 266 Broome St. at the corner of Allen St. on [...]
Jen Dziura has the flu [UPDATE: food poisoning, it now appears -- though she still hopes to perform at the People's Theatre 9:30pm Friday], I just learned this evening — but fear not, those of you planning to attend our Debate at Lolita Bar (8pm at 266 Broome St. at Allen St., one block south [...]
Wed., August 5 (8pm): “Have We Ever Been Visited by Extraterrestrials?” with:
Writer, MUFON investigator, and UFO discussion leader Lillian Waters arguing yes.
Skeptic and philosopher-comedienne (see her perform just two nights after our debate) Jen Dziura arguing no [UPDATE: Jen had food poisoning and was replaced by New Jersey UFO hoaxer extraordinaire Chris Russo, who did [...]
Thanks to Ken Silber, here’s the audio of our Debate at Lolita Bar one week ago between TakiMag editor Richard Spencer and Sanctity of Marriage Handbook author/health reporter Bryan Harris on the question “Is America Economically Doomed?” Scary stuff — and an excellent starting point for this blog’s purportedly more rapid-fire, pithy phase, if I’m [...]