The new administration is already notorious for one high-profile example of this: our new first lady used without attribution a passage from a speech once given by her precursor as FLOTUS. Now, though, another example has popped up. Plagiarism may yet become a theme of the coverage of the dreary years to come. It is not the gravest of sins, but it may be a valuable symptom of what people do and don't consider important. The POTUS-elect has named Monica Crowley, of Fox News, as director of strategic communications for the National Security Council. This appointment reminded people that Crowley is the author of a book, one with a cutesy title at that: What the (Bleep) Just Happened (2012). CNN's KFile looked carefully at that book and found 50 examples of word-for-word copying, many of them quite extensive passages. Here's one example. From the book, a passage criticizing Nancy Pelosi: She also said that she was only briefed once—in September 2...