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Mark D. White

I am chair of the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island, where I teach and write in the intersections between philosophy, economics, and law.

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Work during a pandemic... (A personal update)

Well. I wish I had written one of these a month ago. By the middle of March, my university went online, and now, at the end of March, 75% of Americans are living in some state of lockdown as the numbers of people infected and lost around the world continue... Continue reading

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My 2019 in review, and looking ahead to 2020...

This was a difficult year's-end review to write. 2019 was not a good year for me, neither professionally nor personally, and although I did have a good number of things come out, based on past efforts, I produced very little new material over the last twelve months. I had two... Continue reading

Posted Dec 25, 2019 at Mark D. White

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Why We Relate to Batman

Batman is celebrating his 80th anniversary this year, and while he has served admirably as the protector of Gotham City, there is one mystery that the world’s greatest detective has never been able to solve: his own moral inconsistency. Many focus on his all-too-human motivation and lack of superpowers to... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2019 at The Comics Professor

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A Sentinel Centennial: Thoughts upon the 100th post at the Virtues of Captain America blog

Thanks to Vince Skolny for the title of this post! Today's post on Captain America #176—the pivotal issue that bridges the "Secret Empire" and "Nomad" storylines—marks the 100th post at the Virtues of Captain America blog. The blog launched on July 9, 2018, just under eleven months ago, with Avengers... Continue reading

Posted Jun 3, 2019 at The Comics Professor

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My thoughts on Avengers: Endgame (Spoilers clearly marked)

Well that was something! After rewatching Avengers: Infinity War Thursday night, I saw Avengers: Endgame Friday morning by myself—well, me and the hundred other people in the sold-out small theater, but you knew what I meant—and then again with my kids in a much larger (but still sold out) IMAX... Continue reading

Posted Apr 28, 2019 at The Comics Professor

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It might as well be spring... (A personal update)

It's been a strange year so far in terms of work (both writing and school), so the true updates in this post will be few, and instead I'll focus on things coming out in the near future. My main project since the beginning of the year has been my antitrust... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2019 at Mark D. White

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My 2018 in review, and looking ahead to 2019...

I'm feeling rather ambivalent about my life these days (see here) — which is not unusual for me the last ten years or so, but still. I have, however, come to some realizations of late that may suggest a corner is about to be turned. We'll get to that in... Continue reading

Posted Dec 28, 2018 at Mark D. White

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Midway through autumn... (A short personal update)

This will be a short update because I haven't done much since my last one, given the hectic start to the fall semester. (I know, likely excuse.) I do, however, have a lot to accomplish in the coming months, so I'm posting this as a way to clear the deck,... Continue reading

Posted Oct 30, 2018 at Mark D. White

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Another summer comes to an end... (A personal update)

I visited campus yesterday for a New Faculty Luncheon, which gave me a chance to catch up with my fellow chairs and various administrators and staff, and whenever someone asked me how my summer was, I answered, "uneven." (More accurate than my standard "ehh, OK," and leads to just as... Continue reading

Posted Aug 24, 2018 at Mark D. White

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My first San Diego Comic-Con (2018)

I just returned from my first San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC). I attended the New York version in 2011, but I had never ventured out west for the "big" one until my good friend E. Paul Zehr (author of Creating Captain America, Becoming Batman, and others) invited me to join him... Continue reading

Posted Jul 23, 2018 at Mark D. White

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Batman and Ethics — my new book coming next spring!

The news is out! As announced in the "Batman's Brain" panel at San Diego Comic-Con and in an interview with CGTN America, the superhero-and-philosophy book I've been teasing for the last few months is titled Batman and Ethics and will be published by Wiley Blackwell next spring! Following the same... Continue reading

Posted Jul 20, 2018 at The Comics Professor

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A big phew, halfway through... (A personal midsummer's update) [UPDATED]

This update is coming a bit later than I would have liked, but I wanted to get some things done first, and there's something I couldn't talk about publicly until recently. (There's actually something else coming soon that I can't quite talk about yet, but I didn't want to wait... Continue reading

Posted Jul 13, 2018 at Mark D. White

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Ta-Nehisi Coates and Leinil Francis Yu's Captain America #1: A great start that hits all the right notes, some of them new.

Marvel Comics nicely timed the release of the latest Captain America #1—by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan, Sunny Gho, and Joe Caramagna—for July 4th, and this is appropriate for so many reasons. The most obvious is that this is a new start for the Sentinel of Liberty, but... Continue reading

Posted Jul 4, 2018 at The Comics Professor

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Captain America #700 reminds us who Steve Rogers is...

The final issue of Captain America by the now-classic team of Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson, and Joe Caramagna was, appropriately enough, the bonus-sized issue #700, and true to its anniversary status, it serves as a reaffirmation of who Steve Rogers is. In wrapping up their near-future storyline, the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 16, 2018 at The Comics Professor

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Checking in, one quarter of the way through 2018... (A personal update)

It's been a strange three months, both in the world outside my window as well as the one within it. But work continues, as it always does and must, and here I'll fill you in on what kept me busy since I last checked in. My main project this semester... Continue reading

Posted Mar 29, 2018 at Mark D. White

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My 2017 in review, and looking ahead to 2018...

I've been putting off writing this post for a while — not because I'm disappointed with what I did this year, but because I don't yet know what I will do next year (aside from finishing one major project begun this year), and that has me feeling very uneasy. But... Continue reading

Posted Dec 26, 2017 at Mark D. White

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At last, another book: A mid-November update

113,248 words. (Imagine that sung by the cast of Rent.) Whew. Yesterday evening I emailed the manuscript for my latest superhero-and-philosophy book to my editor, who will then send it to instructor-reviewers to assess its potential for course adoption. As with my Captain America and Civil War books, this book... Continue reading

Posted Nov 16, 2017 at Mark D. White

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So who had "Brian Michael Bendis moves to DC Comics" in the pool? Anybody?

Some random thoughts on the jawdropping news — at least for readers of superhero comics — that superstar Marvel Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis has signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics... Wow. I mean WOW. This is huge. I count myself as a huge Bendis fan. Daredevil was the... Continue reading

Posted Nov 7, 2017 at The Comics Professor

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A return to form: Waid and Samnee's Captain America #695 (and a bit of catching up)

A year and a half ago, Steve Rogers spoke those two words that changed the Marvel Universe and launched a secret empire... but more on that later. Suffice it to say our hero was not the same, until he was. Today, with the release of Captain America #695—renumbered a la... Continue reading

Posted Nov 1, 2017 at The Comics Professor

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Reflecting on a summer quickly coming to its end... (A personal update) [UPDATED]

( Updates in red.) Tomorrow is my first day back a... Continue reading

Posted Aug 27, 2017 at Mark D. White

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Two months down, one month to go... (Another personal midsummer's update)

Is it the end of July already? As I did at the end... Continue reading

Posted Jul 31, 2017 at Mark D. White

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One month in, two months to go... (A personal midsummer's update)

It being the last day of June and all, I thought this might be a good time for a brief update... I'm working on three projects currently, trying to do a bit of work on each one every day, especially the first and main one. 1) The superhero-and-philosophy book I'm... Continue reading

Posted Jun 30, 2017 at Mark D. White

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May is over, and it's time to start a book... (A short personal update)

A short update before I burrow in my home office (or dining table, or couch) for the summer... May was not only the end of the academic year, with all the attendant end-of-year activities, but also a time to wrap up other sundry responsibilities before starting my next book. These... Continue reading

Posted May 31, 2017 at Mark D. White

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At last, a book: A personal update

Like a butterfly from its cocoon? No... Like a phoenix from the ashes? No... Like a tired old man rising from his dining room table? Nailed it. At 2:32 PM yesterday (four days after my April 30 deadline), I emailed the manuscript for my latest book, The Decline of the... Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2017 at Mark D. White

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Hunkering down: A personal update

The couple months since my last update have been uneventful personally (although, of course, not for the world in general). In fact, the last two months have been fairly routine for me, definitely in the negative sense of the word (but unfortunately without the benefits of routine in the positive... Continue reading

Posted Mar 26, 2017 at Mark D. White

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