Taxpayer’s Guide to the Stimulus

Reason Foundation’s Taxpayer’s Guide to the Stimulus breaks down each section of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to explain just how all that money is being spent, who is spending it, and what the whole stimulus means in layman’s terms....

Word of the week – handsel

handsel; noun a gift made as a token of good wishes or luck money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a bargain Example Sentence: Having signed the papers and handed over the agreed-upon handsel of $200, Caroline was now the proud owner of a small sailing skiff. Did...

Word of the week – spindrift

spindrift; noun sea spray; especially : spray blown from waves during a gale fine wind-borne snow or sand Example Sentence: “The winds around the mountain were fierce and a long white plume of spindrift trailed from the summit.” (Michael Palin, [London]...

Word of the Week – holus-bolus

holus-bolus; adverb all at once Example Sentence: Incredibly, the company shuttered its factory holus-bolus, with no regard for the livelihoods of the men and women working there. Did you know? The story of “holus-bolus” is not a hard one to swallow....

The Word of the Week – gallimaufry

gallimaufry; noun hodgepodge Example Sentence: I was ready to leave the flea market, when, on one table, among a gallimaufry of undistinguished objects, I caught sight of an exquisite silver spoon engraved with my initials. Did you know? If the word...