Category: Economist

The sincerest form

24 April, 2009 (09:17) | Economist, Humor, US News, Wall Street Journal | No comments

 
“Mediocre writers borrow; great writers steal.“ 
– T. S. Eliot
 

Posted anything worth stealing, David?
 
Faithful readers know I often draw on the Economist or the Wall Street Journal – with full attribution, to be sure! – for stories that form the kernel of these essays.  Judging from two recent pieces, the peeping is returned:
 

I spy with [...]