I'm not a big fan of summer—give me January over June any day!
That said, it was a productive if not particularly eventful June. I spent most of my time on a book that needs to finished by the end of July—and will be, thanks to a good June! (I'm still not ready to talk about it, but when I am, you're hear more than you ever wanted to!)
However, I managed to write a litte in other venues:
- A new post at Psychology Today: "Do the Self-Loathing See the Same "Self" that Others Do?" (June 30).
- Two new posts at Economics and Ethics: ""Should We Trust Economists?" Yes and no" (June 4), in response to Noah Smith's piece "Should We Trust Economists?" in The Atlantic and "How to Stop "The Death of Economics"" (June 28), in response to David M. Smick's "The Death of Economics" published at The Weekly Standard.
- Finally, at The Comics Professor I gave "My thoughts on Man of Steel" (June 16), and a brief spoiler-free review also appeared recently in The Psychologist (July 2013 issue).
Finally, some professional news I finally feel free to share. As of July 1, the academic department I currently chair—the Department of Political Science, Economics, and Philosophy (PEP) at the College of Staten Island—will no longer exist. Following a unanimous departmental vote, I worked closely with several members of my department and key adminstrators at the college over the last year to split the PEP Department into three separate departments. I was honored to receive invitations to join all of them—and I hope to continue to teach classes in all three areas—but my heart and mind belong to philosophy, so I will be joining and chairing the new Department of Philosophy.
Now I return to writing, and I'll leave you with Der Bingle singing the song that lent its title to this June update:
Mark D. White 
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