Ron Borges

Michael Gee has some good observations on the Ron Borges situation. I like his analogy of the Internet to a power tool that is dangerous to those who don't know how to use it.

Meanwhile Jessica Heslam of the Boston Herald details another instance where Borges was fast and loose with the words already in print by another writer. It should be pointed out that chances are that by the time Ron Borges' two month suspension is up - that there will be a number of instances where the case for plagiarism probably can be made. The Globe will probably have no option but to fire Borges when all is said and done.

Along the same lines - someone on a message board I frequent made the claim that Borges was fired in the 1990's from The Ring Magazine family of publications because he was turning in his Globe boxing columns verbatim for publication to his boxing editors at the magazines. My guess is that Borges has left a trail of ethically challenged shortcuts along the way and that will be his undoing.