Last week we discussed Maine Gubernatorial candidate Les Otten’s problem with plagiarism, which certainly did his campaign no good. This week another case of political plagiarism has moved to the forefront. Vaughn Ward, a republican candidate for Idaho’s first congressional district, was found to have also plagiarized another politician’s speech. The plagiarized material was not just from any other politician and it wasn’t any run-of-the-mill speech. It was President Obama’s 2004 Democratic Convention Speech that is widely considered to have catapulted him towards the presidency.

In politics, every detail matters.  For politicians, personal lives, family history and medical records can make the difference between winning or losing an election. 

Kent Anderson of the Scholarly Kitchen recently wrote a post that discusses the changing notion of online content quality.  

After reaching ‘1 million sold‘ twice as fast as the iPhone, the iPad is shaping up to be a successful product.