Prompted by an email from Miriam Gross of Brighton, I look up “boondoggle.” Webster confirms that the word was coined by Robert H. Link. I hadn’t known that until Miriam wrote. She had been alerted to ...

“Boondoggle” is a term used to describe an unnecessary project generally considered wasteful and often undertaken or continued due to political motivations. That’s the very definition of Trump’s ...

The California high-speed rail project has often been derided as a boondoggle, and with good reason. After narrowly winning a statewide vote in 2008 with low-balled cost estimates and exceedingly ...