Introduction: On virtues, past and present / by Jonathan V. Last --
Seven deadly virtues and The New York times / by P.J. O'Rourke --
Prudence: long live the queen / by Andrew Ferguson --
Justice: the one virtue nobody really wants / by Rob Long --
Courage: the rise of "shelter in place" America / by Michael Graham --
Temperance: the deadliest virtue / by Andrew Stiles --
Hope: Chicago is a place called hope / by David Burge (aka Iowahawk) --
Charity: you can't give this stuff away / by Mollie Hemingway --
Faith: the eleventh commandment / by Larry Miller --
Chastity: the final taboo / by Matt Labash --
Simplicity: or, the many-splendored virtues of hoarding / by James Lileks --
Thrift: the un-American virtue / by Joe Queenan --
Honesty: it's absolutely the best policy (sometimes) / by Rita Koganzon --
Fellowship: reach out and touch someone / by Christine Rosen --
Forbearance: opting out of the politicized life / by Sonny Bunch --
Integrity: living by the code of the superman / by Jonah Goldberg --
Curiosity: maybe the cat got what it had coming / by Christopher Caldwell --
Perseverance: all the way to the end / by Christopher Buckley.