A caller wants to know. Grant explains what politicians and watchdog groups mean by the term glass pockets. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Glass Pockets” Oh, political language, Martha. I could talk to you about this all day. Do...
horseracism n.— Note: This term has recently been credited by Jack Shafer as a coinage by Brian Montopoli in 2004, but Montopoli’s coinage came much later than the 1995 use cited here. It does seem likely to be the sort of word that is coined and...
greenscam n.— «Ethanol, dressed down as a mere granola greenscam, is the lingua franca of politicians whose mainstay is corporate welfare. They arrange government subsidies, and the corporations arrange campaign friendships. It’s like a Pez refill...
