"Inspired by?" Coincidence? Hiaasen lends Maureen a hand, no matter which...

Every reporter has a muse, we know that. And smacking poor Maureen Dowd around (twice in as many days, sorry!) for having one, too, might be considered excessive. Until you compare the column she wrote in today’s Times with the one penned by folksy raconteur Carl Hiaasen in the Miami Herald – last Sunday!

Fishbowl isn’t the arbiter of good taste, nor do we want to impugn Ms. Dowd’s unquestionable integrity by whispering of Rick Bragg-ism or even Blayr-ism, but give us a break, already.

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