Mark D. White

So much for weekly updates… fall semesters for chairs at my college are dominated by personnel matters (i.e., making sure my yet-untenured faculty are reappointed for another year), which leaves little time or energy for writing. But a convenient break comes this afternoon (and continues throughout the weekend) in the form of New York Comic Con, which I am attending for the first time.

But I did manage to get some things online, including a new Psychology Today post, "Self-Loathing and Relationships: Believe in Others Who Believe in You"; a long-overdue post on the DC relaunch at The Comics Professor; and my second article for Complete Wellbeing, "The Ultimate Dating Advice," which saw both print and online publication. I also read most of Jeffrey Sachs' new book, The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity, with hopes of commenting on it at Economics and Ethics soon.

And in minor book news (minor news, not minor books, of course), Theoretical Foundations of Law and Economics is now available in paperback and The Avengers and Philosophy: Earth's Mightiest Thinkers is now available for preorder. Perfect for trick-or-treaters!