Monday, January 31, 2005

Lazy minds are the devil's playground

Enigma editor and publisher Dave Weinthal got busted today. He was caught plagiarizing in an article he wrote in November, 2004. I've never been a regular reader (I'm more of a Pulse kinda grrrl) but I'm still pretty damn disappointed. Maybe I'm hyper-aware of this issue (my spouse is an English professor), but I should think that anyone who's been to college has learned that plagiarism doesn't pay. You WILL get caught -- especially in the age of Google, Lexis-Nexis, and amazon.com's search inside the book. So why would a supposed professional be so reckless and/or stupid?

1 comment:

John Bailes said...

Why you ask? Because Weinthal has no shame. Paradoxically, the Enigma seems less and less a mystery, and more and more a sham.