JMSmith posted: ""They ne're invent a method nor a style; But plagiarize with a relentless guile." Sheridan Ford, "French Color" (1901)* "The fiercest invectives of Juvenal would be too weak to do justice to these sinks of iniquity . . . in which the law [is] merely a con" The Orthosphere A World in which Everyone has Dirty Secrets and No One Deserves His (or Her) Job. JMSmith Jan 3 "They ne're invent a method nor a style; But plagiarize with a relentless guile." Sheridan Ford, "French Color" (1901)* "The fiercest invectives of Juvenal would be too weak to do justice to these sinks of iniquity . . . in which the law [is] merely a convenient pretext for levying blackmail."  William Thomas Stead, Satan's Invisible World Displayed (1897)** The defenestration of Claudine Gay is giving me vertigo.   Not because I pity Gay's hard landing (for which I suspect cushions have been arranged), but because she was tossed out the window with so much bogus indignation and naked mendacity.   If Gay's plagiarism was not already known, it is only because no one was ever so foolish as to read her wretched scholarship.   But I expect it was known, or was at least very reasonably suspected, and that Gay's penchant for plagiarism was viewed by the powers that be as a necessary qualification. Every good puppet has a built in kill-switch. Continue reading A World in which Everyone has Dirty Secrets and No One Deserves His (or Her) Job. Comment Like You can also reply to this email to leave a comment. Manage your email settings or unsubscribe.

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