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 [...]
Wed., July 1 (8pm): “Is America Economically Doomed?” with:
Managing editor of TakiMag Richard Spencer arguing yes.
Journalist and political author Bryan Harris arguing no.
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 the Lower East Side of [...]
Here, thanks to tech-savvy Ken Silber, is audio from our debate about Zionism two nights ago. (Ken notes that the audience vote, which went against Zionism, might have been ever so slightly skewed by a crucial misquoted stat about land ownership in Israel.)
This week has been a big one for Middle East news (and [...]
No, Lolita Bar isn’t becoming the U.N. for a night (that’s up in the East 40s, we’re on the Lower East Side), but next week we are broaching one of the most controversial geopolitical questions, “Is Zionism Racism?”:
Wednesday, June 3 (8pm):
Blogger at SaifHouse Saif Ammous argues yes.
Blogger at Commentary Abe Greenwald argues no.
Hosted by Todd [...]
ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT, the species-spanning battle of the century:
Wed., May 6 (8pm).
Law professor and lawyer with the State of New York Mariann Sullivan arguing yes.
Freelance writer Justin Shubow (Master’s in Philosophy from U. Michigan, J.D. from Yale) arguing no.
Hosted by Todd Seavey and moderated by Michel Evanchik.
Free admission, cash bar. Basement level of [...]