Plagiarism is tricky. From the examples given in the newspaper yesterday, I wonder if the speech was legally the product of plagiarism. It was not a direct copy, even though the spirit of the speech appeared to be completely stolen.
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All parties but Penn Square Partners have approved Convention Center proposal
Commissioner Martin previously stressed that all stakeholders must approve the deal prior to June 11, 2014. “I commend the LCCCA for looking at the larger picture and agreeing to this plan and encourage the remaining stakeholder, Penn Square Partners, to do the same.”
The commencement speech plagiarism is indeed a teaching moment; but for whom?
One of the first things taught in high school, then sacro sanct in higher education, is to provide attribution when making use of other peoples’ work. In other words, give credit where credit is due.
Does Justice John Paul Stevens proposed six amendments justify a constitutional convention?
Retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens has published “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution ” which was just reviewed in the New York Review of Books under the title “The Refounding Father” by Harvard professor Cass R. Sunstein
Marijuana playing larger role in fatal crashes
[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration] and the National Institute on Drug Abuse are now in the final months of a three-year, half-million-dollar cooperative study to determine the impact of inhaled marijuana on driving performance.
Smart ALEC spoon feeds GOP officeholders
The Republicans have a national strategy to capture state legislatures, according to a New York Times, January article by Nicholas Confessore. The game plan is working. Heading into the 2014 General Election, 23 states are now solely controlled by Republicans and 15 by Democrats.
Corbett’s use of outside legal counsel tops $100 million
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: Pennsylvania employs 498 attorneys at $46 million, but taxpayers spent $32.7 million last year on outside lawyers — and recently ponied up $2 million for private firms to handle three high-profile cases the state lost, records show…
Attorney general’s report appears to clear Corbett in Sandusky case
But the report appears to hand Corbett this key conclusion: It says Kane’s investigators did not find evidence that he delayed the case for political reasons, sources said…
Corbett’s gifts spur ethics complaint
Isn’t there an appearance of conflict or impropriety? Does being governor just entitle you to perks? Even if you reject arguments against taking gifts on an ethical level, there’s the practical political consideration. You leave yourself open to attack, just as is happening now.…
Hillary Clinton’s Book ‘Hard Choices’ Portrays a Tested Policy Wonk
One of the few things this book shares with “Living History” is its emphasis on Mrs. Clinton as someone capable of growth and change: an individual who says she learns from past mistakes like her 2002 vote to authorize military action in Iraq. (She “got it wrong,” she writes of that vote. “Plain and simple.”)
Convention Center Authority approves Scott Martin proposal
The Board members understood the draw back of the county providing a guarantee in perpetuity while the interest rate formula is only for five years, a 1.1% savings over what otherwise would have been charged. However, it was the view of members of the authority that Commissioner Scott Martin had fought a long and hard battle and left no stone unturned in negotiating the concessions achieved, and no good would be served by the Board refusing to go along.
Martin plan for Convention Center would be disastrous if…
Lehman refers to “five years” and others have said the term is seven years. It doesn’t matter. The point that Lehman apparently is making is that the expanded guarantee should not be longer than the renewal term…and, if so, he is absolutely correct.
Lawyers plan to depose NCAA, Penn State officials
“We’re looking for the inner workings of how they reached the consent decree,” said Matthew Haverstick, a lawyer with the firm Conrad O’Brien, who is representing Corman. Haverstick said he plans to question officials and retrieve documents and emails that would shed light about how the deal was reached.
Let us be the first to predict the 2016 Democratic Presidential ticket
Clinton brings outstanding foreign policy expertise. Warren is riding the wave of national revulsion against powerful and oversized banks and the income extremes benefiting the top 1%.