The other day, the website Futility Closet posted a reproduction of a document from the National Archives. Greg Ross, proprietor of the site, observed, “This is the first known usage of gobbledygook ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is escalating its probe into federal consultancies, including Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. and Accenture Plc, warning the firms they must explain what they ...

“Gobbledygook” is the word of the day, used to describe talk or writing that sounds fancy but makes little sense. The word “gobbledygook” appeared in 12 New York Times articles in the past year, ...

Former President Barack Obama has had enough with the poppycock and balderdash … and Republicans as well. On Tuesday night’s episode of “The Late Show,” host Stephen Colbert asked the former president ...

Much was at stake during Tuesday’s oral arguments at the Supreme Court: the credibility of democracy, the role of the courts, the limits of gerrymandering. But surprisingly, what was most on trial was ...

When you come for the social sciences, you’d better come correct. That’s what the president of the American Sociological Association telegraphed to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts this ...