Mark D. White

No good way to categorize these, so I'm just throwing them out there…

Noah Berlatsky, "How the Internet made me a better writer" (Salon)

A reply of sorts to the recent criticism of long-form online writing in the New York Times (by a fellow who writes on comics and is publishing a book on Wonder Woman through Rutgers University Press)

Annie Murphy Paul, "Will Professors Become Professional Motivators?" (personal blog)

Based on a bit about the role of college professors in the age of MOOCs from Tyler Cowen's recent book Average Is Over

W.A. Edmundson, "Animals, Right, and Legal 'Bifurcation' in Kant" (JOTWELL), commenting on Christine Korsgaard's article "Kantian Ethics, Animals, and the Law" (Oxford Journal of Legal Studies)

One great thinker commenting on another great thinker applying the ethics of a third… 'nuff said.

Will Baude, "Does originalism justify Brown, and why do we care so much?" (The Volokh Conspiracy)

A new look at a perennial question that has plagued originalists for decades… but no more?

Peer, Acquisti, and Shalvi, "'I cheated, but only a little': Partial confessions to unethical behavior" (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)

An interesting examination of distinctly less-than-moral moral psychology…

Peter Worley, "Happily ever after? Using children's stories to teach philosophy and ethics" (The Guardian)

A great topic that applies to much of what I've done in my superhero writing (including The Virtues of Captain America).

Richard Epstein, "Security, Uncertainty, and the National Security Administration: The President Should Defend, Not Revise, Current NSA Procedures" (Just Security)

An unpopular view from a great scholar who's never afraid to go against the grain.

Henry Austin, "Zoo bans monkeys from eating bananas as it's 'equivalent to giving them cake'" (NBC)

Given that this is British zoo, I'm surprised they didn't simply put the bananas on a higher shelf!

Ricky Ricciardi, "Satchmo in East Berlin, March 22, 1965 – COMPLETE!" (The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong)

An expert analysis of the recently discovered set from Louis Armstrong and His All Stars — watch the show and then read the article!