I've been of mixed mines about Bob Herbert. It's great that he's on his beat, but I generally don't enjoy columnists (well a couple), so I don't know what to say. Anyway this is sad. Gawker finds Herbert plagarizing himself. The Essence:
We may have Two Americas, but Bob Herbert has only one stock description of the crappy public schools.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/01/oh-bob-herbert/5525/
