Category: Books
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I have to tell you, I wasn't sure what to expect from The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The history of Marvel's first family on film has been more than rocky, what with the Roger Corman boondoggle (financially if not creatively) in 1994, the two entertaining but lightweight attempts in the 2000s (which I liked more…
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After our commencement exercises yesterday, my 27th year at the College of Staten Island is over; as of June 30, my 14th and final year as department chair will be over as well. (Although my able successor officially takes over on July 1, I will continue as summer department chair until the fall semester begins…
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Today is the release day of my latest book, Ethics of the Fantastic Four, the fourth (natch) volume in my A Philosopher Reads… series at Ockham Publishing (even though the title does not reflect this). Unlike my recent Thor and Daredevil books, Ethics of the Fantastic Four is full-length, about 80K words, with the print…
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This will be brief, as this was not a good year, especially in terms of new work… I had two books published this year, Rights versus Antitrust and the second edition of The Virtues of Captain America; you can see the various podcasts and blog posts for their dedicated pages (here and here, respectively). I…
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I wanted to get this update out before the end of August, but it took until now to get some summer tasks done (in the midst of a challenging start to the fall semester), so here we are. At least it gives me an opportunity to post this picture, taken yesterday in the woods near…
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Welcome back to your quarterly glimpse into my life… [UPDATED 7-11-2024] The biggest "news" I have to report is that the second edition of The Virtues of Captain America is now available in print and as an ebook and will be released as an audiobook (narrated by Kirby Heyborne) on August 27. I have a…
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Just wanted to provide a quick update about some things that have happened since the beginning of the year as I continue to work on long-term projects amidst an ever-worsening employment situation. (Only 1616 days to retirement as of March 30!) – — — —- —– —- — — – As I said before, my…
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My latest book, Rights versus Antitrust: Challenging the Ethics of Competition Law, will be published a week from today (and looks to be shipping sooner, at least from Amazon). You can read the preface below, which should give you a good idea what the book is about. – — — —- —– —- — —…
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I'm pleased to have more to report this year than the last several, not necessarily because I did more—although I suspect I did—but because what I've been doing has begun to appear in the world. First of all, as I've been banging on about for the last several weeks, A Philosopher Reads… Marvel Comics' Daredevil:…
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My latest book, A Philosopher Reads… Marvel Comics' Daredevil: From the Beginning to Born Again, is now available — if you're curious, check out the introduction below (and also see my recent posts at Psychology Today drawn from the book). – — — —- —– —- — — – I don’t know about you, but…
Mark D. White 