In his novel Mother Night, Kurt Vonnegut observed that “Plagiarism is the silliest of misdemeanors. What harm is there in writing what has already been written?” The answer, apparently, is a lot if you’re a Brooklyn Dodger-loving historian like Doris Kearns Goodwin, but not much if you’re the leader of the free world. Plenty of […]
Jim Shilander
Jim Shilander was previously an editorial intern at The American Prospect.
