....without Rand Paul demonstrating what an asshole he is.

It’s been a tough week for Rand Paul. The Kentucky Senator has faced a
growing wave of accusations of plagiarism in his speeches and writings.
The instances of plagiarism started with the somewhat absurd with Rachel
Maddow calling Paul out on giving a speech with lines swiped from the
Gattaca movie Wikipedia page, but throughout the week more new
accusations began to pile up. The most serious (so far) being the almost
verbatim, unattributed reuse of a The Week essay in Paul's weekly
Washington Times op-ed.

On Tuesday, the Washington Times said after an independent review of
Paul’s work, the two were parting ways. “The newspaper and the senator
mutually agreed to end his weekly column, which has appeared on each
Friday in the newspaper since the summer,” a story in the Washington
Times said.

Washington Times editor John Solomon had this to say about Paul’s work
for the paper:

“We expect our columnists to submit original work and to properly
attribute material, and we appreciate that the senator and his staff
have taken responsibility for an oversight in one column.”

“We also appreciate the original insights he has shared with our
readers over the last few months and look forward to future
contributions from Sen. Paul and any other members of Congress who take
the time to help educate our readers with original thought leadership
pieces.”

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