I agree. Conservatives, the right, or whatever you want to call us, are held to a higher standard and in a sense that’s not fair. The press goes out of their way to cover up for leftists, but even a small infraction on the right is put in the spotlight.
But we actually have higher standards ourselves, and she needs to live up to these. It sounds like there’s a lot of non-original and non-cited material in the book. It may have been careless and unintentional, but I think she still needs to apologize and withdraw it.
I agree with you. She should apologize and withdraw those passages BECAUSE she is the honest, smart, wise commentator we believe her to be. If she does not, she becomes a fake and doesn’t deserve our respect. It’s bad enough that she’s gone this long.