Alex Sink, the former Democrat candidate for governor in Florida, is now blaming the White House for her election loss to Rick Scott. Although she makes some good points, ultimately Sink might have been the one who sunk her own campaign. It was getting caught with a cheat sheet during a debate with Scott that might have been instrumental in her loss. More specifically it was the modern version of the cheat sheet in the form of getting debate tips via her cell phone although this was forbidden by the debate rules. Using cheat sheets is an old tradition with school students but the one hazard in using them, as Sink found out, is getting caught. Perhaps Sink needed instruction on the fine art of cheating.

My alma mater, North Miami High School, was once the center for one of the most overlooked art forms of our era—cheating on tests. Cheating in fact is still as much a public school institution as football, truancy, and low quality cafeterias. It must be remembered that cheating comes in many different forms and styles depending on the situation.