This might fuel more vitriol for some of you against Ann Coulter, if more can be produced. From the June 13th Boston Metro, a rag of pedestrian diversion: The political world's most irritating writer, ultra-conservative Ann Coulter, is being accused of plagiarism. "Ann Coulter has a bad habit. And that habit Š is that she appears to like to copy whole sentences from other sources without putting them in as quotes or even citing where she might have 'paraphrased' from," writes blogger the Rude Pundit. The site goes on to point out several passages from her book that appear to be lifted from other sources, such as this one: "The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper St. John River in Maine, was halted by the discovery of the Furbish lousewort, a plant previously believed to be extinct." The site then posts an excerpt from the Portland Press Herald of Maine that includes the exact same line, word for word. You'd think she'd copy something a little more interesting. Actually, no you wouldn't. http://boston.metro.us/metro/blog/the_word/entry/The_Word_The_new_Kaavya/2979.html As with any blog, one must hold a degree of objectivity, but then again, that's how they got James Frey. Enjoy. Alex Effgen