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Friday, March 24, 2006 12:00 AM

A portrait of the blogger as a young plagiarist

As a college student Ben Domenech lifted arts criticism; as a GOP henchman, he was accused of fabricating a Tim Russert quote. What was the Washington Post thinking?

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  • Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:35 PM

    It's really, really, really not about homeschooling

    Southhamptoner, you said: "Home-schooling : perfect for turning your kids into hateful, idiotic puppets without social skills or, apparently, ethics of any kind."

    Can I say the same thing about every rotten person who went to public school? I could, I guess, but it would be just as baseless and thoughtless.

    Most of the many, many homeschooled kids I know (how many do you know, btw?), are thoughtful, independent, and generally compassionate.

    Or you look it up yourself. There's an informative article here:

    http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0838/is_131/ai_n14810506

    It describes studies which reflect well on the average homeschooler.

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