Ha- you sound like a Barbara Cartland heroine.
dillene | 12.07.06 - 4:15 pm | #

Dawn,

FYI, the link is dead. However, I saw the interview in the Times' print edition and your name is listed as "Dawn Edens" under your photo. At least they got it correct in the interview.
Rusty | 12.07.06 - 5:24 pm | #

"Can this be a message for people of other religions -- or people who have no religion at all?"


Actually, the natural law morality of chastity is shared with all of the major religions in the world and in history: with the exception of Liberal religion of the past few centuries.
Mark Scott Abeln | Homepage | 12.07.06 - 5:53 pm | #

It struck me reading this interview (and previous interviews, and listening to the WOR interview) that the word chaste itself is simply no longer in people's vocabularies; it's been lost. Like a lot of perfectly cromulent words, actually. Virtues mostly.
saintkansas | Homepage | 12.07.06 - 7:46 pm | #

Dawn, the link now works.

The number of ellipses surprises me. I'd expect that from Washington's other newspaper, which is well known for its hostility to Catholics and evangelicals. I wouldn't have expected that from the Times.
Rusty | 12.07.06 - 8:31 pm | #

Looks like they're just squeezing some air out of the package – which is, after all, sold by weight, not volume.
Mister Snitch! | Homepage | 12.07.06 - 9:09 pm | #

"Cromulent"--oh, for the days when The Simpsons were slyly funny.

"Virtue"? Hasn't that been replaced by "life lesson"? I mean, I know "virtue" can be a word associated with religion, but I tend to think of finding it first in Greek philosophy, so why is it sneered at so much?
Kate P | 12.07.06 - 11:29 pm | #

Can't ... stand ... ellipsis ... feel ... like ... I'm ... dropping ... into ... a ... coma. Or was it a Comma?

Warren
warren | Homepage | 12.08.06 - 1:55 pm | #

No,Warren, you're not dropping into a comma, you're just goint dotty.
Mac in Alberta | 12.09.06 - 12:26 am | #

goint, goint, gone

too late to spell tonight
Mac in Alberta | 12.09.06 - 12:28 am | #