"Pandering." According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to pander is to: "provide gratification for others' desires." So is that what John McCain and Barack Obama are doing with Hispanic voters?
You've heard several people on our show, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others, admonish us not to use the term "refugee" when describing the New Orleans citizens who've had to flee their homes. Jackson and others, including President Bush, have said or implied that term is racially insensitive.
Once a decade, Merriam-Webster rewrites its best-selling collegiate dictionary, adding new words, new definitions of old words and specialized words that have become part of everyday life. These da...
''Mega biblion, mega kakon'' (''A big book is a great evil''), said Callimachus, the Greek poet cherished among pedants as the champion of brevity. But what would the Hellenic worthy say about the ...
Greed is on the march again. No -- strike that. Blathering about greed is on the march. The blather seemed for a while to be focused on insider trading, but the jurisdiction now seems to be expandi...
"Pandering." According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, to pander is to: "provide gratification for others' desires." So is that what John McCain and Barack Obama are doing with Hispanic voters?
You've heard several people on our show, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others, admonish us not to use the term "refugee" when describing the New Orleans citizens who've had to flee their homes. Jackson and others, including President Bush, have said or implied that term is racially insensitive.
Once a decade, Merriam-Webster rewrites its best-selling collegiate dictionary, adding new words, new definitions of old words and specialized words that have become part of everyday life. These da...
''Mega biblion, mega kakon'' (''A big book is a great evil''), said Callimachus, the Greek poet cherished among pedants as the champion of brevity. But what would the Hellenic worthy say about the ...
Greed is on the march again. No -- strike that. Blathering about greed is on the march. The blather seemed for a while to be focused on insider trading, but the jurisdiction now seems to be expandi...
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