Category: Personal updates
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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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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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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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I meant to post an update at the end of August, but I decided to wait until I wrapped up the second edition of my Captain America book, which I finally submitted last week, and restarted the associated blog, which I did this week. (You can see the first "real" post here, and a little…
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A quick update as another academic year closes… It was an eventful year, during which my department hired a fantastic new faculty member and the college searched for a new president (my role being much more significant in the former than the latter). At commencement yesterday, I was proud to watch one of my students,…
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Christmas Eve in the park near where I live… Another year's round-up, this one rather short… Perhaps that's simply because I'm becoming more focused? (No, I didn't think so either, sigh.) First, my job situation, which hasn't changed much: As I reported earlier (and despite what I said in my end-of-2021 post), I did remain…
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I'm writing this on a Monday, and the fall semester begins on Thursday, so I'm sure I'll get all my writing goals for the summer done by then. Ha. I wanted to check in before school starts, although I don't have much specific to report. Nothing was finished this summer, though progress was made on…
Mark D. White 