Mark D. White
Professor, author, editor, and fan of comics, movies, and music. See my books here: amzn.to/2aFC66M.
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David Thomson · It’s me, it’s me, it’s me: The Keynotes of Cary Grant · LRB 5 November 2020
He disliked autograph-hounds and being identified wherever he went – but he would have been lost without these...
This Is the Coronavirus Election
In January, the COVID-19 pandemic will still be burning its way across the U.S. Next week, Americans will choose whether to bring it under control.
Why You Shouldn’t Worry About Studies Showing Waning Coronavirus Antibodies
Experts say it’s normal for levels of antibodies to drop after clearing an infection, and that they represent just one arm of the immune response against a virus.
The Incomparable Catherine Deneuve - Netflix DVD Blog
What I have always found admirable about Deneuve as an actress is her choice of projects. She could have had a long and successful career playing fairly conventional roles, first as the ingenue and later as the straightforward dramatic lead. The...
As Election Nears, Trump Makes a Final Push Against Climate Science
The administration is imposing new limits on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that would undercut action against global warming.
Maternal request caesareans and COVID-19: the virus does not diminish the importance of choice in childbirth
It has recently been reported that some hospitals in the UK have placed a blanket restriction on the provision of maternal request caesarean sections (MRCS) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pregnancy and birthing services are obviously facing...
He’s 82, but the owner of Old Fashioned Donuts in Roseland has no plans to stop making the best apple fritters in Chicago
Buritt Bulloch, who opened Old Fashioned Donuts on Chicago's South Side in 1972, didn't always have apple fritters on the menu.
A ‘Trump Store’ in California Has Been Collecting Absentee Ballots and Storing Them in a ‘Safe’
A so-called "Trump Store” located at a Republican campaign headquarters in Newport Beach, California not only offers customers a wide array of “Make America Great Again” apparel and merchandise, but also lets customers exercise their right to vote...
Miss Wright Regrets She's Unable to Pose Today
Above, Teresa Wright bestows the look of love on Dana Andrews at the end of The Best Years of Our Lives . They showed it again last night...
Daniel Menaker, Book Editor Who Wrote With Wit, Dies at 79
After 26 years at The New Yorker, he became chief editor at Random House, overseeing works by a raft of luminaries. He wrote a half-dozen well-received books of his own.
Some Covid Survivors Have Antibodies That Attack the Body, not Virus
New research found ‘autoantibodies’ similar to those in lupus and rheumatoid arthritis patients. But patients may also benefit from treatments for those autoimmune diseases.
U.S. Agency Targets Its Own Journalists' Independence
In a late-night move to assert editorial control, the CEO of the U.S. international broadcasting agency rescinded a rule which established a "firewall" between the newsroom and political appointees.
P. K. Adams, "Midnight Fire" (Iron Knight Press, 2020)
P. K. Adams, "Midnight Fire" (Iron Knight Press, 2020)
Judge rejects DOJ's attempt to defend Trump in rape defamation lawsuit
A federal judge on Tuesday denied the Justice Department's effort to intervene in a defamation lawsuit brought against President Donald Trump by a longtime magazine columnist who has alleged he raped her, paving the way for the case to proceed.
The Plot to Kidnap Me
Every time the president ramps up his violent rhetoric, every time he fires up Twitter to launch another broadside against me, my family and I see a surge of vicious attacks sent our way.
The Bloomsbury Companion to Ethics
The Bloomsbury Companion to Ethics offers the definitive guide to this key area of contemporary philosophy. Covering all the fundamental questions asked by meta-ethics and normative ethical theory, thirteen specially commissioned chapters from an...
Tensions in Political Economy
About the SeriesThe Tensions in Political Economy series consists of edited volumes of original essays that explore the research programs of key scholars in the tradition of mainline economics. These volumes delve into the tensions in a scholar's...
Editorial: Our case for Joe Biden over Donald Trump
Our case for Joe Biden over Donald Trump.