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SHAMBOLIC: highly disorganized, in shambles
Talk about reacting to the moment. Our word for today is shambolic, a word I heard for the first time an hour ago. David Brooks, who I consider to be one of the most thoughtful, intelligent...
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JUST SAY “KNOW”: a response to anti-intellectualism
Over the past year I have made numerous references to the attempt to “dumb down” the expectations of the American people in order to assuage the desires of a group of political activists who embrace...
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ATROPHY [A-truh-fee]: wasting away as a result of disuse
In matters related to the human body, I am intrigued by the concept of atrophy. It is the phenomenon which occurs when a specific part of the body is not used over a period of time. The result is...
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SCANDAL: the flurry of interest in an offense caused by a fault or misdeed.
This has been a week for scandals. In just a matter of days the media was bombarded with stories of IRS shenanigans involving Tea Party and other conservative applications for tax-free status, new...
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POLITICAL PARTY: an organization that typically seeks to influence, or...
We in the United States have become accustomed to the presence of two major political parties which dominate the electoral and governance processes. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party have...
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MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: willful destruction of personal property motivated by ill...
So yesterday I talked with you about mischief, the innocent kind that kids do to have fun, and (hopefully) not at the expense of others. But I mentioned that there is another kind of mischief...
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VICTORY: that which is ascribed to a winner, not a loser
This morning is a morning of victory…for the American people. The entire Congress (meaning both houses) and the President have signed the legislation to re-open the government and to issue a...
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RUN AMOK : to go awry, to steer away from the planned course
There’s really no mystery as to the meaning of the common term to run amok. We use the words all the time to reference a plan that has gone berserk, running in all directions rather than according...
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DUPLICITOUS [doo-PLIS-i-tuhs]: speaking or acting in two different ways to...
Duplicitous is a devastating accusation aimed a person who is believed to have acted in a two-faced manner. It is the intention of the speaker to present (himself) as agreeing with different people,...
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KICK THE CAN: a game from childhood; a phrase used in politics
As a kid in a small, middle class community it was our responsibility to create entertainment. Sometimes we just sat in the park in the middle of the village and watched the cars go by. We invented...
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