| 单词 | boondoggle |
| 例句 | The Underdowns don’t like to come out here in the boondoggles, so believe you me this was an occasion. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Here a foursome of male retirees drink coffee and chitchat with unemployed job seekers like Rusty, recently ejected from Wall Street and now on a personal mission that may also be a financial boondoggle. The Turbulent Life of the Small-Town Librarian 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Its water levels are rising even as the city sinks; its solutions to both problems have resulted in some serious boondoggles. Review: ‘If Venice Dies’ Examines a City Sinking, and Not Only Into Water 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z That’s not possible yet, partly because we are still developing a measurement of soil carbon buildup that is necessary for the confidence of policymakers and voters that this is not some boondoggle. ‘We really need to wake up quickly’: Al Gore warns of a looming food crisis caused by climate change 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z Even in developing world cities like Jakarta, projects billed as climate change mitigation, like constructing artificial barrier islands, are really gussied up luxury real estate boondoggles. Four Books Explore Various Aspects of Cities Past and Present 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z You feel that he has been wise enough to delight in the foolishness of Charlie’s situation, and you feel charmed to be let in on his boondoggle. With “Turn Up Charlie,” Idris Elba Makes a Charming Foray Into Sitcoms 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z The work of experimental architecture is called the SOL Grotto - and Republicans are making fun of it as a symbol of a $528 million federal boondoggle, calling it the most expensive art project ever built. Calif. art work emerges from Solyndra's bankruptcy 2012-09-14T09:16:06Z It sounded to me like something of a boondoggle of yonder days. West of Key West, an Under-the-Radar National Park 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z If lower-profile art fare gets a bump in visibility, that’s great, and if a Silicon Valley boondoggle falls apart along the way? The rise and fall of MoviePass: how 'Netflix for cinemas' fell apart 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z How do you think this cautionary tale plays that such boondoggling won’t happen again? Welcome to "Narrowsburg," a tiny town conned out of its Hollywood dreams 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Biosphere 2, devised by a utopian-minded collective that came out of San Francisco, was hardly that group’s first boondoggle. ‘Spaceship Earth’ Review: A Mini-Planet With Mini-Planet Problems 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z According to the vice-president's men, it was a "boondoggle", a pointless task that wastes time and money, mainly designed to keep the ex-ambassador busy. Fair Game: Free agents 2011-03-06T22:30:01Z Despite the Burning Man-like shenanigans, this was no wealthy bohemian boondoggle or corporate branding bonanza. How Much Hip Can the Desert Absorb? 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z On Monday we opened on Bruce Wayne channeling Encyclopedia Brown, digging into the mystery of how his parents’ good intentions ended up lining mobster pockets in last week’s Arkham boondoggle. 'Gotham' Recap: Gordon Puts Everything Right, Before the Commercial Break 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z The series itself plays like a benevolent promotional brochure, and gives the impression that the process was a passionate boondoggle. “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and Jerry Seinfeld’s Identical Layers 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z But what they felt in Blatter was in fact the alliance of transnational and national capital, which dissipated former dreams of sustainable development with increasingly expensive soccer boondoggles. John Oliver can’t do FIFA justice: How the organization ruined football 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Leaping forward a year, the Space Force is pretty much the expensive boondoggle everyone assumed it would be. Review | Steve Carell’s ‘Space Force’ has a troubled launch, even with heroic efforts from John Malkovich 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z The Federal Theater Project became a symbol of congressional ire toward the so-called “boondoggling,” or wasteful spending, of the New Deal. The Virus Won’t Revive F.D.R.’s Arts Jobs Program. Here’s Why. 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Matthew Cooke’s sardonic yet informative documentary presents America’s war on drugs not only as a no-win scenario but as a boondoggle kept alive by corruption, profit and political opportunism. A&E highlights: wooden boats, smoke on water for July 4 2013-06-26T22:25:18Z Coogan rings up Brydon to ask if he’d like to come along on yet another of these swanky boondoggles he’s so good at hustling up, this time a weeklong jaunt through the Spanish countryside. Review: 'The Trip to Spain' Is More of the Same, and That's OK 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z Though, yes, it’s a mall, a boondoggle, and so on, it’s stunning, every day, inside and out. My Most Memorable Cultural Moments of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z And at first blush, Mr. Calatrava’s architecture can almost — almost — make you forget what an epic boondoggle the whole thing has been. Santiago Calatrava’s Transit Hub Is a Soaring Symbol of a Boondoggle 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z It invited a group of American social media influencers on an all-expenses-paid boondoggle to China. Column: Do what's right for the planet or for your pocketbook? A fast-fashion dilemma 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z “The Uinta Basin Railway is a dangerous, polluting boondoggle that threatens people, wildlife and our hope for a livable planet,” she said in a written statement. Appeals court strikes down Utah oil railroad approval, siding with environmentalists 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z Critics have slammed DAC as a boondoggle because it requires substantial inputs of energy to capture CO2 and pump it underground. News at a glance: A win for young climate activists, a research suspension, and China’s mpox surge 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Re: “Olympia’s Capitol Lake restoration: Pricey ‘boondoggle’ or environmental win?” Capitol Lake: Debunk myth 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z He calls the use of both materials “a government boondoggle.” As California fire season begins, debate over wildfire retardant heats up 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z This is an ill-conceived boondoggle that is being pushed on us with a bunch of lies. A gondola to Dodger Stadium? 'Repulsive,' 'something doesn't add up,' readers say 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z In Republican circles, Solyndra became shorthand for government boondoggle, and the Trump administration essentially froze the loan program. He’s the Decider for $400 Billion in Climate Funding, and Time Is Short 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Once considered by many to be a boondoggle, the technology has matured. E.P.A. to Propose First Controls on Greenhouse Gases From Power Plants 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Bakersfield native, has long called the project, which would serve his own district, a boondoggle. New cost estimate for California high-speed project puts it deeper in the red 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z To say that it's a boondoggle would be an understatement. The nuclear "war" in Ukraine may not be the one we expect 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Use of the metaverse also raises concerns about cost and accessibility for all citizens, with some seeing the experiment as a boondoggle chased by an overloaded Colombian justice system. Colombian administrative court conducts two-hour hearing entirely in the metaverse 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z Republicans on Capitol Hill panned the course as a boondoggle. Feds hire ‘ecogrief’ trainers to help employees cope with ‘loss in the natural world’ 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Others fear it won’t be paired with adequate investment in other parts of the fractured health system — or will become a bureaucratic boondoggle. Leaving prison for many means homelessness and overdose. California hopes to change that 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Discovery CEO David Zaslav, in contrast with the preceding AT&T regime, has rejected big streaming movies as boondoggles. Hollywood's 2022 box office reality check: Not enough hits and a movie shortage 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Washington needs that bridge, but elected officials need to do their due diligence and carefully check the work of planners to ensure taxpayers are footing the bill for a boondoggle with ever-escalating costs. Rising costs, Oregon sloth demand a shrewd study of new I-5 bridge 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z But the measure also has staunch critics in the medical community who deride it as a multibillion-dollar boondoggle and giveaway to Big Pharma. Legislation to safeguard Americans against superbugs: Boondoggle or breakthrough? 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z It’s as if everyone in the party was in on the boondoggle. Herschel Walker is a pawn in a game he’s not aware is being played 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Its survival, Muir-Harmony says, bodes well for its longevity, even though it has become something of a boondoggle for the space agency. Artemis I Launches U.S.'s Long-Awaited Return to the Moon 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z Hogan rejected the plans and called the project a “wasteful boondoggle.” After battles with Hogan, Baltimore welcomes fresh start with Moore 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “All of those things are immediate, and that’s what we should be investing in — not these kind of pipeline fantasies of these water supply boondoggles,” he said. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The Seattle Aquarium is tying itself in knots to green-wash its new boondoggle of a project, but when it comes to animal welfare, there is no offset for its callousness and greed. Seattle Aquarium: Sharks belong in their ocean home 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Lawmakers from around the state were hacked off at Seattle and were convinced this tunnel would be a cost-overrun boondoggle. Time to kill the Highway 99 tunnel tolls and save Seattle’s waterfront 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z In the past, he criticized federal hurricane assistance as a “boondoggle” and a “put it on the credit card mentality.” Biden will visit Puerto Rico and Florida to assess damage from storms. 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Investors are done with being burned from energy boondoggles because of a lack of government diligence in issuing permits and oversight of projects. Opinion | Joe Manchin’s bill is bad for the environment — and investors 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z These "boondoggles," as the report calls them, would harm local communities and exacerbate climate change, all while failing to solve the traffic and safety problems they claim to address. Against federal guidance, states plan to expand highways 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z The boondoggle to Dulles has always been a sinkhole that required massive subsidies for construction and will require massive operating subsidies forever. Opinion | Another update for Dulles 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z But there’s good news there, too: The Bertha tunnel did not turn out to be a financial boondoggle, as so many predicted. Time to kill the Highway 99 tunnel tolls and save Seattle’s waterfront 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z “It’s just a catalog of tax hikes and green boondoggles that Democrats have wanted for years, with a false new label slapped on the front,” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Tueday. Biden, Republicans spar over impact of Dems’ economic plan 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He and every other leading Democratic candidate said they would revive the city’s light-rail Red Line project that Hogan canceled after calling it a “wasteful boondoggle.” Maryland election could decide fate of Beltway, I-270 toll lanes 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Limits on stock buybacks by grant recipients would also help ensure this strategic giveaway doesn’t turn into a boondoggle. Opinion | Congress’s big China bill must pass — but with strings attached 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Sadly, the Silver Line is not the only ongoing boondoggle sapping our resources. Opinion | Another update for Dulles 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z This offshore wind award looks like a colossal, $4 billion boondoggle. Opinion | Maryland’s offshore wind project is a $4 billion boondoggle 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z And “boondoggle” means, according to Merriam-Webster, “a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: The battle of the sexes wages on 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Colorado Governor Polis called the project a "boondoggle" and said his state would "aggressively assert" its water rights. Is Nebraska building a $500 million ‘canal to nowhere’ just to own the libs? 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z “Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops,” Eisenhower would have said had the Allied invasion turned into a Dunkirk-like boondoggle. Review | In undelivered speeches, history’s alternate paths 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z The wholesale forgiveness of student loan debts would be a financial boondoggle and would also send the wrong message about fiscal responsibility. Opinion | The Debate Over Canceling Student Debt 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z His signal achievement was to transform what member nations were treating as a boondoggle for their domestic industries into a real science project, observers say. Bernard Bigot, head of gigantic ITER fusion project, dies 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z If the Normandy invasion had failed and Hitler had kept his grip on Western Europe, it would have been a disaster or a tragedy, perhaps, but certainly not a boondoggle. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: The battle of the sexes wages on 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Activists, who called the proposal a boondoggle that would privatize water infrastructure for profit, said the decision was a victory for fact-based regulation over politics. California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z It’s a political boondoggle of the worst sort, and it should have been killed long ago. Column: It's time to kill this useless and costly desalination project 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Abbott is now seeking private donations to defray the cost of his bus boondoggle. Opinion | Abbott’s plan to humiliate the weak instead dupes Texas taxpayers 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Opponents call it a boondoggle that would benefit parent company Brookfield Infrastructure while saddling ratepayers with the costs. Drought boon or boondoggle? Critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z “I was joking with someone yesterday that if we’re not careful, the story is going to be, ‘Bail fail, Buffalo boondoggle and booze to-go.” Hochul Emerges From Budget Talks Unbowed, but Not Unscathed 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z But giving a sports team a substantial government subsidy, which must be approved by state lawmakers, is still sure to provoke backlash from critics likely to denounce the deal as a boondoggle. Hochul Weighs a $1.4 Billion Stadium for Her Hometown Football Team 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z But is hydrogen a crucial clean energy solution, or a greenwashing boondoggle that would prop up the fossil fuel industry? L.A. needs clean energy. Hydrogen could be the answer — or gas industry greenwashing 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z Anyway, boondoggle alert: We’re now going to be debating bullet trains for at least the next decade. The era of big government is right now. Plus three more takeaways from WA lawmakers’ session 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z The Razzies, now in their 42nd year, lampoon the movies that critics love to hate, testing the thickness of Hollywood's skin by reveling in the industry's worst boondoggles. Diana musical 'honored' with nine Razzie nominations 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z According to Mr. Vaughn, the root problem was the ignorance of the I.R.S. auditor, who felt that mathematical research was “a boondoggle.” The Texas Oil Heir Who Took On Math’s Impossible Dare 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z In a triumph of lobbying, the billionaire class has salted the tax code with boondoggles and starved tax collectors of resources. C.E.O.s Were Our Heroes, at Least According to Them 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Ms. Ernst, in her Squeal Award, said at a time when Americans are facing soaring inflation and struggling to buy Christmas presents, it’s unseemly for governments to blow taxpayer dollars on boondoggles. Sen. Joni Ernst’s report squealing on wasteful COVID-19 spending 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z She also called the proposal “a $1.1-billion boondoggle that privatizes water” and would benefit a wealthy private company while the housing crisis continues to burden low-income communities of color. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z This is obviously a social benefit turned into a private sector boondoggle. Rant and Rave: Reader praises Seattle Marathon supporters 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z In the House, 13 Republicans joined Democrats to pass the boondoggle, explode inflation and give Mr. Biden a huge political win. Congressional Republicans playing to lose 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z “The whole boondoggle depends on us agreeing that high tech is better tech. That just doesn’t stand up,” he said. Tech Can’t Fix the Problem of Cars 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z The other five candidates balked — though a bipartisan deal on the legislation was largely the handiwork of Portman — calling the bill crazy, a disaster and a complete boondoggle. 6 candidates for US Senate in Ohio vie for evangelical votes 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Gableman shifted his criticism to Evers and comments he made nearly two weeks ago calling the probe was a “boondoggle.” Wisconsin GOP election leader criticizes 2020 investigation 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z “In this case, we planted the flag very early in that Republicans should oppose both these boondoggle spending plans that are linked.” House conservatives cast influential sway in whipping GOP against infrastructure bill 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z By Season 6, the Newark riverfront is being redeveloped, and has become a federal boondoggle. Why Is Every Young Person in America Watching ‘The Sopranos’? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Republicans have denounced the program as a boondoggle that would create eco-vigilantes who, as one lawmaker recently warned, will “report who is watering their lawn, whose fireplace is smoking.” Democrats Want a ‘Climate Corps.’ They Just Can’t Agree How to Create It. 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “Likewise, I think some people see providing help to Afghans as a way of making up for the disastrous consequences of our nation-building boondoggle.” A warm welcome for refugees in wake of Afghan fiasco 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z “I would like to ask Tony Evers how is it a boondoggle for the people of Wisconsin to find out if their elections were run fairly?” Wisconsin GOP election leader criticizes 2020 investigation 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z It was a self-created assignment that one editor reputedly called “the greatest boondoggle in the history of journalism.” Ron Judd, the writer who’s made us laugh (or seethe) for decades, reflects on his career as he leaves The Seattle Times 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z “They claimed that it was in the public interest to take this land and use it for a boondoggle,” Greenbelt Mayor Colin Byrd said Tuesday. Judge tosses lawsuit from high-speed-train developer seeking land for Maryland station 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z He also told The Times he would pull the plug on California’s “boondoggle” bullet-train project. Kevin Faulconer has the resume. But can a 'vanilla' Republican win the California recall race? 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z The Washington State Patrol and Incident Response Team crews are directing drivers back up the ramp to get out of the boondoggle and back on the freeway. Traffic boondoggle at I-5 off-ramp to Highway 599 strands drivers, snarls commute 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z The trial is, on one level, a business dispute over the SolarCity deal, which some Tesla shareholders view as a boondoggle that Musk forced through for his own purposes. Analysis | The two sides of Elon Musk 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z The center turned out to be just one part of a Rocky Mountain avalanche of businesses, nonprofits, side projects and boondoggles that made up Mr. Stranahan’s career. George Stranahan, Benefactor of Physicists and Bar Flies, Dies at 89 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z In the 11 years since Mr. Obama signed the legislation into law, Republicans have assailed the Affordable Care Act as a step toward socialized medicine, government intrusion into health care decisions and a costly boondoggle. Affordable Care Act Survives Latest Supreme Court Challenge 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Nunes talked of the “freak show in Sacramento” that “worried about the gender identity of convicted felons to the high-speed rail boondoggle.” Devin Nunes hosts Freedom Festival to promote conservatism in California 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn. sued to invalidate the program, calling it a “massive government boondoggle” and arguing that it was superseded by a federal retirement law. U.S. appeals court upholds California program for workers without retirement benefits 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Inevitably, critics suspect a boondoggle, a vanity project, a diversion from pressing problems on the ground. Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z As a young man living in Denver, I thought the Denver Tech Center, Denver International Airport and light rail project were all ruinous boondoggles. Opinion | Of course infrastructure pays for itself. It leverages the greatest resource on earth. 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z Republicans so far have not made the measure a focus of attack, instead casting the broader coronavirus relief package as a boondoggle that includes billions in spending unrelated to the pandemic. How Biden quietly created a huge social program 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z But if that boondoggle culture doesn’t come to an end immediately, the Globes will mean less than those participation trophies everyone regularly gets into a snit about. Column: What to do about the Golden Globes? 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z But in January, OptumServe, a private company hired by the state, took over, leading to what the county spokesman called an inefficient and expensive “boondoggle.” Rural California county says Newsom-backed coronavirus testing clinic is a 'boondoggle' 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z Republicans call it an unnecessarily expensive Democratic boondoggle full of items not directly related to fighting the disease. House to vote on Biden's $1.9-trillion COVID-19 relief bill 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Public Interest Research Group included M-CORES on a list of the biggest transportation boondoggles in the country. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z We also learned that Deputy Secretary Katharine MacGregor is scheduled to visit Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, a holiday boondoggle at taxpayer expense. Opinion | David Bernhardt endangered other people’s health 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z But critics say the wall is a political boondoggle and that the administration is trampling landowners’ rights in the process of building it. Feuds flare along Trump’s border wall as construction ramps up during his final days in office 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z Its expansion shouldn’t be tied to a potential boondoggle that won’t be completed for at least 10 years. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z They’ve said for decades that it would be an expensive boondoggle that would hurt wetlands to help agribusiness. Analysis: Mississippi pump proposal evokes strong reactions 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z But for the real estate industry, it can be a boondoggle: Many buildings kept in reasonable repair increase in value over time, unlike, say, cars or computers. How a Century of Real-Estate Tax Breaks Enriched Donald Trump 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The Sierra Club has called the pump project is a “boondoggle” and “the poster child for political pork barrel spending.” Engineers’ report bolsters proposed Mississippi pump project 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z The Post quoted her saying “this is the kind of boondoggle that taxpayers have every right to expect would come to a screeching halt.” Perspective | He was forced to resign after a government report criticized him. Eight years later, the government took it back. 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z But Hogan, a suburban real estate developer who campaigned against increased taxes, viewed the light-rail line as a “wasteful boondoggle.” Five years later, many across Baltimore bitterly lament Gov. Hogan’s decision to kill the Red Line light rail 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Whether this will become a $15 million boondoggle for the district is unclear, but the relationship, possibly, is escapable, if need be. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Shubow’s words were part of a more widespread series of attacks by press and politicians over the past decade; it was called a “monstrosity”, an example of “commemorative bric-a-brac,” a “classic Washington boondoggle”. Frank Gehry on his memorial to Eisenhower: ‘His accomplishments bring tears to my eyes’ 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z Though the lawsuit was a boondoggle for everyone but the blue-chip lawyers, the fallout was nearly career-ending. Emma Cline was a literary darling, then a target. With 'Daddy,' she takes aim 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z “The government will invest in plenty of things that will be a boondoggle and a waste,” he said. To counter China, some Republicans are abandoning free-market orthodoxy 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z His bottom line issue is that “so much of our tax dollars especially are wasted on boondoggle military projects and products and also on endless phony wars for endless corporation profits,” he said. Welch faces single challenger in Vermont Democratic primary 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps this seems overblown to you; perhaps you think that space travel is a government boondoggle, a nerd equivalent of agriculture subsidies that siphons off taxpayer dollars from domestic social spending. Opinion | We all have a stake in SpaceX’s success. The pandemic ought to make clear why. 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “This is an absolute boondoggle,” Boyle said, later addressing Dunning directly. Douglas County spending $1.85M in virus relief on vehicle 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Opponents called it a boondoggle that would cause irreversible environmental damage. Purple Line project delays, cost overruns reveal long-brewing problems 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z “We also include new measures to keep the Administration accountable and transparent — including a prohibition on diverting any new money for President Trump’s racist border wall boondoggle.” House Democrats announce cuts to Border Patrol, ICE 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z "Completely shuttering small business is the greatest boondoggle in American business history," he remarked. New Jersey businesses petition Gov. Murphy to let them reopen: Closing small businesses has been 'the greatest boondoggle' 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Environmentalists have been pushing for years to stop any kind of diversion along the Gila, suggesting that siphoning water from the river would end up being a costly boondoggle. Senators seek to designate Gila River as ‘wild and scenic’ 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z Throwing good money after bad will not redeem this boondoggle for taxpayers. Opinion | Stop throwing good taxpayer money after the Purple Line 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z The Sierra Club said Thursday that the pump project is a “boondoggle” and “the poster child for political pork barrel spending.” US engineers examine impact of Mississippi pump proposal 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z For a while, Charter tried to find the silver lining in the boondoggle deal by promoting Spectrum as the only place for fans to see the Dodgers’ regular season games. After six years, the Dodgers' channel will be widely available in LA. What happened? 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Schumer and Pelosi seem committed to more worker protection measures and provisions to ensure that industry loans will not lead to corporate boondoggles. Washington lobbyists in frenzied battle to secure billion-dollar coronavirus bailouts 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Without such safeguards, the program runs a high risk of becoming a costly and embarrassing boondoggle. Perspective | Let the bailouts begin 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z This year's included the usual trappings: a military color guard, an oversized flag, and a flyover by combat jets, including the new F-35 stealth fighter, a trillion-dollar boondoggle of the military-industrial complex. The paradox of America’s endless wars 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z When resources are devoted to boondoggles, and companies are run by incompetent cronies, everyone ends up poorer. How Private Equity Buried Payless 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Its unpaid employees in the Senate — meaning the entire Republican caucus — is currently working overtime to ensure his acquittal, because Trump's policies are a massive boondoggle for them. Trump's real base isn't the famous "white working class" — it's the billionaire class 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z His highway widening proposal has been attacked as a financially risky boondoggle that will destroy homes but fail to “solve” traffic. Opinion | Why are so many lawmakers fighting Larry Hogan’s I-270 plan? 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z In his statement, Sununu called the program “a financial boondoggle” and said that “the people of New Hampshire will never support it.” Group of states and the District draft pact to cut emissions from cars and trucks 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z AFP, the political advocacy arm of the Koch brothers’ network, will run newspaper, digital, and direct mail ads labeling the Ex-Im bank reauthorization a “boondoggle” that, “Costs taxpayers billions in corporate welfare subsidies.” AFP targets 15 lawmakers over Ex-Im vote with six-figure ad buy 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Nationally, the Public Interest Research Group and the Frontier Group thumped the Hogan plan as one of their 2018 highway boondoggles. Larry Hogan’s plan to widen Maryland highway with toll lanes stalled by opposition 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z “Trump has already wasted billions on his border wall boondoggle, we shouldn’t waste a single dollar on a wall-cam.” A 'wall-cam' won't help the White House's plans along the border 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z It became a 450-foot-long boondoggle, a pedestrian bridge that bounced more than expected. $7.5 Million ‘Down the Drain’: The Demise of the Bouncing Bridge 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z It’s not like you don’t do work on a boondoggle, for example, Ritvo and Rogers were “recruiting for the Pegasus.” Racing! Mike Rogers’ version of history 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z But we are told that the Green New Deal is an impossibly expensive boondoggle – by precisely the same people now eager to pour blood and treasure down a hole in the desert. If the world ran on sun, it wouldn’t fight over oil | Bill McKibben 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z The Beeb assistant might be a boondoggle, a waste of British taxpayer money, and a classic example of the BBC making a tech thing without a super clear reason or need just because it can. We’re still not getting voice assistants right 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Sanders’s promise to divert national wealth into proven boondoggles such as high-speed rail is another red flag. Opinion | Bernie Sanders’s climate plan will take us nowhere 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z The Kochs’ lobbying network consistently opposed mass-transit initiatives around the country, arguing that they were a government boondoggle. David Koch, billionaire industrialist who influenced conservative politics, dies at 79 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z I wrote a letter to the CNO, dropping out and declaring that I could not carry out War Department orders for such a boondoggle of a conflict. Trump ratings on economy start to slide 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Critics suggested the project was a boondoggle, but supporters argued that there were bound to be hard and sometimes costly lessons. Virgin Galactic reveals futuristic outpost for space tourism 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z This boondoggle is a massive blend of incompetence and dishonesty. California Editorial Rdp 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Officials need to work to prevent similar tragedies by improving conditions on I-75 as soon as possible, rather than wasting time and money on a toll-roads boondoggle. Florida editorial roundup 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z “That’s a massive boondoggle for taxpayers, a blow to air quality and Americans’ health, and a setback for our climate.” U.S. senators target $1 billion a year coal subsidy, ask IRS for... 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Environmental advocates call the vetoed Yazoo Pumps project a $300 million boondoggle that would damage the natural ecosystem, largely to benefit industrial agriculture. No end seen to struggle as Mississippi flood enters month 4 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z They became a dirty word in the last decade, when one GOP lawmaker went to jail for selling them, and stories of boondoggle projects proliferated. Senate GOP approves permanent earmark ban 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z “We want to replace the perception that this is a boondoggle with the reality of what is being offered here,” Nolte told Reuters. Scaramucci celebrates hedge funds in Vegas at SALT with less glitz 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z Similarly, all the facts about Trump's proposed border wall indicate that it is a massive boondoggle, intended more to placate Trump's base voters than because it would do anything meaningful to curb illegal immigration. What is it like being a liberal on Fox Business Network? 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z If it were, then the diet industry would be a boon instead of a $66 billion boondoggle. Perspective | This Appalachian town was America’s ‘fattest city.’ Here’s how it slimmed down. 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z “Why should taxpayers be asked to chip in for this massive and wasteful boondoggle?” ‘I’ve been battling Nadler for years’: Feud between Trump, Democrat rooted in decades-old New York real estate project 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z And the dream, or the boondoggle, depending on your perspective, died. North Carolina editorial roundup 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z The site offers information on all sorts of medical scams, from unlawful sales of medication to new products and common consumer boondoggles. How to stay up-to-date on medical scams, quackery, deadly treatments 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “When people speak so critically of high-speed rail — calling it a boondoggle or whatever — they are not seeing the depressed neighborhoods every day that would benefit from it.” Can America Still Build Big? A California Rail Project Raises Doubts 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Given that acknowledgment, the official said, the administration had a responsibility to taxpayers to “cancel the financial support for this boondoggle.” Trump Administration Wants California to Pay Back $2.5 Billion for High-Speed Rail 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s worth noting that public opinion polls showed solid support for the Amazon boondoggle, and that some industry groups in New York are in public mourning over the company’s scuttled plans. What Amazon got wrong about New York City 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z Key among those was his decision to scale back high-speed rail, which Republicans in the state have derided as an expensive boondoggle. California Governor Newsom swipes at Trump, cuts water, rail projects 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z They describe it as an overpriced boondoggle, another huge government bureaucracy, anti-family, a way of imposing liberal values on helpless children. Opinion | Day Care for All 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Wisconsinites knew this was a boondoggle, the outcome of state government leadership captured by corporate interests. What happened to Foxconn's plan to build a $10bn factory in Wisconsin? | Randy Bryce 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Headlines had blared the system’s failure, and critics on Twitter scoffed at Slat’s boondoggle. A Grand Plan to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z There are professionals doing the information gathering that this boondoggle was supposed to accomplish. Trump and Pelosi feud is ‘wow’-worthy 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z “Democrats are demanding to spend trillions on socialized medicine and ‘Green New Deal’ boondoggles. Inside the Beltway: The hair-raising cost of socialism 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z We examine how an electronics plant in Wisconsin that promised lots of jobs turned into an epic boondoggle. An Epic Heist in Paris, and a Boondoggle in Wisconsin 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z He let Trump get away with that naked boondoggle without so much as a whimper. Good riddance to James Mattis, Trump’s last general 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z If the initial funding for the wall is approved, it will quickly become a boondoggle that will spin out of control and cost tens of billions more. A Shutdown Looms. Can the G.O.P. Get Lawmakers to Show Up to Vote? 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z That laxity — and the prospect of tax dollars flowing to boondoggles — would be concerning at any time. Opinion | The Pentagon Doesn’t Know Where Its Money Goes 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z It’s a short jaunt from boon to boondoggle. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z So we know its results: A boondoggle of a backlog. Kentucky editorial roundup 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Amazon now faces a policy and PR boondoggle it may not have expected after forcing hundreds of cities and regions to compete for the chance to become a home to its second headquarters. Amazon HQ2: all of the news about its controversial search for a new headquarters 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z And the breadth of his ambitions certainly raises the risk of a boondoggle. A Cryptocurrency Millionaire Wants to Build a Utopia in Nevada 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Bill Schalliol, the county’s economic development director, acknowledges he made a mistake in failing to get formal approval for change orders, but there’s plenty of blame to go around for this boondoggle. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z But critics called the new airport an overpriced boondoggle and environmental calamity in a fragile ecosystem. Mexican voters reject $13 billion plan for new airport and back cheaper alternative 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Hundreds of thousands would die and at least four million people, including staggering numbers of children, would be displaced over the years thanks to George W. Bush’s boondoggle. Hating Muslims in the Age of Trump: How Muslims became the enemy 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z In the name of fighting global warming, we might justify a host of energy boondoggles. Opinion | We’re on mission impossible to solve global warming 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z The fig leaf of a $15 wage notwithstanding, homelessness, gentrification, boondoggles, traffic jams for the hoi polloi and toll lanes for the rich are the true legacy of Seattle’s so-called “leadership circle.” Amazon wage raise: ‘Fig leaf’ 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z Alabama lawmakers must revisit this boondoggle at the first opportunity. Alabama editorial roundup 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Here’s an idea: Pledge to ditch the Medicaid privatization boondoggle. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Like many big transportation projects, whether Northeast 85th Station is a boon or a boondoggle depends on how future communities exploit what it provides. Sound Transit is taking a $300 million gamble on a new I-405 bus station in Kirkland 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z In the city that hosts the United States Open, playing the sport on a regular basis can feel like an administrative and logistical boondoggle for tennis-loving New Yorkers like myself. The Courts of New York City 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z History is being made each day as justices quit or face possible imprisonment - their careers wrecked by financial boondoggles. West Virginia editorial roundup 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “Indexing capital gains under this regime is a boondoggle for the rich, plain and simple.” Trump Administration Mulls a Unilateral Tax Cut for the Rich 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z A country's taste for such boondoggles shows up clearly in its demand for cement, she notes. Fighting corruption 2004-04-29T04:00:00Z “You mean this $4 billion boondoggle? This design is empty. It is just a shrine to shopping,” he said. The id of Trump, the economics of place and our empty national soul 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z He noted that the Chinese financed and built an enormous factory in 2009 to rescue the sugar industry, but it turned out to be a $181 million boondoggle. The $20 Billion Question for Guyana 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The Panther Island Mitigation Bank isn’t another Florida land boondoggle, but rather is part of a federal system designed to restore wetlands across the United States. Trump’s move to redefine water rule threatens wetlands banks 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z This is a bureaucratic boondoggle and it must be stopped. Montana Editorial Roundup 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z But a new ethos of historic preservation, fueled by the Save the Market citizens’ movement and the spectacle of “urban removal” boondoggles elsewhere, put the kibosh on most of the Monson plan and its successors. The Seattles that might have been 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z That narrative may play out underground too if the media keep reporting skepticism about Musk’s vision of a Los Angeles labyrinth, with some calling it a plutocrat’s fantasy, others a boondoggle. Elon Musk: as business fortunes dip, he starts a war with the media 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z All the Democrats say they would restore plans to build the 14-mile light-rail line in Baltimore, which Hogan canceled shortly after taking office, calling it a “wasteful boondoggle.” Maryland Democrats running for governor say they’d spend more on transit 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z “It’s foolish and shortsighted to risk losing rare species for an unnecessary and costly pipeline boondoggle.” Federal appeals court orders halt to work on Atlantic Coast Pipeline 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z “It’s foolish and shortsighted to risk losing rare species for an unnecessary and costly pipeline boondoggle,” attorney D.J. Analysis | The Energy 202: Wilbur Ross declined to endorse his own department's climate science findings 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z “We don’t want to ever be viewed as a boondoggle,” Context’s Ron Biscardi said in an interview. Sober in Sin City: Hedge funds focus on work at Las Vegas event 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z The House at least initiated action to prevent such a boondoggle. Recent Kansas editorials 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z That would be the state government, which has looted the MTA's funding to finance upstate boondoggles for years. How Can the M.T.A. Rescue the Subway When It Struggles to Deliver Basics? 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z Some of China’s Silk Road projects will be boondoggles. Opinion | Is China a Colonial Power? 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z The Santa Clara Valley Water District board could be committing to pay for a similar financial boondoggle by approving the project. California Editorial Rdp 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z But foisting a boondoggle on the taxpayer isn’t their aim, they say. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Now years after its scheduled implementation, at a cost four times its original estimate, answers are owed about this $800 million boondoggle. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z The level of funding required would be a flyspeck in the military budget, not an endless boondoggle. Editorials from around Ohio 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Still, the project remained on Trump’s mind, and White House aides fueled his doubts, portraying Gateway as a politically motivated boondoggle that was sucking dollars away from other administration priorities. How a Trump power play upended the $30 billion Gateway project 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z “Throwing good money after bad on this boondoggle is not something I’m going to participate in.” Future uncertain for Kentucky broadband network 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z The Renewable Fuel Standard, which forces oil refiners to mix corn-based fuel into gasoline, is one of history’s great policy boondoggles. Biofuel Mandates Are a Bad Idea Whose Time May Be Up 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z So maybe Reagan could be forgiven for the boondoggle that was Star Wars and made the entire defense industry rich again. A Russian Threat on Two Fronts Meets an American Strategic Void 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z In its place would be a box of government-provided foods, a scheme sure to be a boondoggle benefiting only the companies who get contracts to produce and deliver these packages. Where all the films about poor Americans? | Stephen Pimpare 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Stress turns those charming eccentricities and foibles into boondoggles. Opinion | For a Better Marriage, Act Like a Single Person 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z What followed was one of the biggest boondoggles in North Korean history, one that played a part in the economic catastrophe that soon engulfed the country, according to analysts and North Korean defectors. North Korea’s Would-Be Olympics: A Tale of a Cold War Boondoggle 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z The wall is actually a huge boondoggle that wouldn't keep anyone out who comes equipped with a shovel. Trump Pressures Democrats to Bargain on Immigration 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z This column is deeply concerned about yet another infrastructure boondoggle, but an overwhelming 82% of independents in the CNN survey support the President on this one. They’re Still Losing Middle America 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z He said it would lead to boondoggles and billions in debt. Indiana House approves bill to lift light rail ban 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Jonathan S. Tobin’s “Return of the Ultimate Swamp Creature” critique of earmarks in the National Review places the bridge in the category of outrageous boondoggles. Alaska Editorials 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Congress years ago eliminated funding for these types of pet projects, known as earmarks, after they became derided as government boondoggles, largess and a pathway to corruption. To Grease Wheels of Congress, Trump Suggests Bringing Back Pork 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z Democrats balked at those demands, given that Republicans did not bother to offset the loss of revenue from their boondoggle tax cuts. Editorials from around New York 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z That might not seem like such a boondoggle in New York City, where annual tuition is often four times that. Life, Death and Taxes in Inequality City 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Then again, it’s also rather cheeky that they’re using the “reform” label to describe this tax boondoggle. Opinion | The age of betrayal is back 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z I believe Senator Rubio knows that there is much more that is morally and fiscally wrong about this tax boondoggle than the child care tax credit. Republicans’ $1.5 Trillion Tax Plan Appears on Track to Pass Next Week 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “This is a working definition of a tax boondoggle.” Tax Bill Offers Last-Minute Breaks for Developers, Banks and Oil Industry 2017-12-02T05:00:00Z Democrats, who were effectively powerless in trying to stop the bill’s passage, tried to cast the last-second changes as boondoggles for corporations which had not been debated or explained. Senate GOP tax bill passes in major victory for Trump, Republicans 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Surely there are three such lawmakers with the integrity and decency to stop this boondoggle. Opinion | The Republican Tax on the Future 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z He knows first-hand what this tax boondoggle will do for the country. Tax Bill Thrown Into Uncertainty as First G.O.P. Senator Comes Out Against It 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z So the new Agriculture administration quickly, and rightfully, cut the state’s losses on the boondoggle of a potato processing center. West Virginia editorial roundup 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Then he claimed that deep cuts in school funding were necessary, even as he and his legislative allies found more than enough money for crony-capitalist boondoggles that benefited his political allies and campaign donors. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Fox explains why the pass-through tax cut is a “boondoggle.” Right and Left React to Trump’s Tax Cut Proposal 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The Sept. 17 Local Opinions essay “Trees and taxpayers should beware the Purple Line boondoggle” was another example of the local community continuing to fight a war that is over. Opinion | There should have been better planning for trail closures 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z “It’s not a federal program, and it doesn’t cost any money. This is what Republicans ought to get behind instead of a big government boondoggle,” the senator added. Rand Paul says he’s pushing Donald Trump to allow health insurance purchases across state lines 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Better yet, Hogan and the federal government should simply drop this harmful boondoggle and instead focus on truly beneficial projects that comply with the law. Opinion | Trees and taxpayers should beware the Purple Line 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z “Democrats must come clean on whether they back Sanders’ plan for government-run health care, or if they will stand with taxpayers against this unrealistic boondoggle.” Bernie Sanders’ health care bill attracts Democrats with 2020 presidential goals 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Limbaugh’s lunacy reflects right-wing orthodoxy, which favors doing nothing in response to climate change on the theory it’s all an expensive boondoggle designed to victimize innocent oil and gas companies. Nothing to see here, say climate deniers 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The biggest Katrina boondoggle uncovered so far, according to the Homeland Security inspector general, is New Orleans’ plans to spend $2.04 billion of federal money to repair the city’s sewer system. Harvey waste, fraud eyed after Katrina 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z He cited a computer system boondoggle years ago that cost taxpayers $500 million. California Today: Battle Over a Bill Reaches the State Senate 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z In a scathing editorial, it wrote that the gondola proposal had “boondoggle written all over it,” adding that it was the “butt of jokes in Albany.” Pushing for a Commute That Would Rise Above the Rest 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Any broad overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws would need the legislative buy-in of both parties, and there is widespread resistance to building a wall that many consider an ineffective boondoggle. Trump’s wall: The inside story of how the president crafts immigration policy 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Health care is such a mind-numbing boondoggle that one must take frequent breaks from thinking about it. Opinion | Why repeal-and-replace was doomed from the start 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z In the show, Black Lives Matter is presented as a kind of boondoggle organized by the manipulative villain, and the only police shown directly abusing black people are black themselves. Cleverman’s racial daring gives it an edge most superhero stories can’t match 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Its website, succinctly named nonewyorkconvention.org, derides such a gathering as a “multimillion-dollar boondoggle,” with the potential to “give New York political insiders and special interest groups the opportunity to change our state Constitution to benefit themselves.” A Constitutional Convention for New York? This May Be the Year 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z “That wasn’t a campaign. It was a boondoggle.” Van Jones: Clinton campaign took $1 billion and ‘set it on fire’ 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z I don’t believe the programs were inherently inefficient or a boondoggle. One financial crisis spawned austerity, corporatized Democrats and gave the world Donald Trump 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z His scheme for a wall is collapsing because some two-thirds of the U.S. public simply isn’t buying that boondoggle and most people think it is just plain stupid. Tale of the gringo strongman: Trump’s ill-advised Mexican policies backfire bigly 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z The Defense Department’s latest policy shift drew praise from Tom Slear, a 1973 graduate of West Point who has criticized the deals offered pro athletes as boondoggles, wasting educations paid for with public money. Military policy toward pro athletes depends on who’s giving the orders 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s a common fight across conservative America, where legislatures often won’t touch cash reserves, preferring to hoard money for untold future calamities at the expense of keeping themselves afloat during current budget boondoggles. What to watch: Texas isn’t alone in rainy day fund fight 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z But where some see a racist and ineffective boondoggle, others see dollar signs. One in 10 firms bidding for Trump's Mexico wall project are Hispanic-owned 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z For one thing, not doing road repair saves money that could be plowed into pet projects and boondoggles. Seattle traffic: Readers react to 'another epic jam' 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The massive stimulus program turned into a boondoggle for his friends in the environmental jihad. Obama wiretapping Trump evidence of former president’s agenda 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z But an electrified Caltrain corridor is also necessary for any statewide high-speed rail project - and California’s House GOP members see high-speed rail as a boondoggle. California Editorial Roundup 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Carl Takei, a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Prison Project, predicts “an enormous boondoggle for the private prison industry.” Private prison companies likely to be big beneficiaries of Trump's plan to detain more border crossers 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z “This is going to be a great boondoggle for all of these private detention facilities and companies like GEO,” said Jayapal, a freshman member of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. Trump’s plan to lock up more immigrants could profit privately run detention centers 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Politicians get clear of boondoggles when they can. The Second Avenue Subway Is Here! 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Or when he pledges to spend tens of billions of dollars, paid for by neither Mexico nor any domestic offsets, on a border-wall boondoggle. Opinion | If there were ever a red line for Republicans, Trump crossed it Friday. Or not. 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z Conservatives often reflexively dismiss infrastructure spending as a boondoggle, and liberals, perhaps in reaction, often reflexively defend it, no matter how wasteful. Where the Second Avenue Subway Went Wrong 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Another is that boondoggles undermine support for public works that truly are necessary. New York’s Second Coming 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Of course, some conspiracies are chillingly real — Watergate, the Iran-Contra boondoggle of the Reagan years, the Tuskegee experiments, etc. — and others may be difficult to assess. Conspiracy theory’s big comeback: Deep paranoia runs free in the age of Donald Trump 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z USC players looked mostly relieved to be freed from the public-relations boondoggle that is the annual Rose Bowl excursion to Disneyland. At Disneyland, USC embraces the Rose Bowl distractions 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Green groups don’t want former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to become energy secretary because he opposes federal subsidies that facilitated boondoggles like Solyndra. Why Liberals Oppose Ben Carson 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z The program is such an obvious boondoggle that even the Obama administration sought to cut it, stating in 2010 that its “economic impact is unclear and it does not serve a clear need.” Living Off the Fat of Washington 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z “Quite frankly, we kind of felt that not only were they inappropriate,” he said, “but it was really kind of a boondoggle.” ‘I Love N.Y.’ Signs Have a Lot to Say. The Government Says They’re Illegal. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z The Trump team has shown some creative thinking so far, and they’ll need more for this exercise to get better results than political boondoggles as usual. Trump Trains, Trump Air, Trump Roads . . . 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z So why is the same military government now working to implement a copycat rice boondoggle? Thailand’s Sticky Rice Subsidies 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z On her website, DeVos said the higher standards supported by governors made sense at first but “got turned into a federalized boondoggle.” School choice advocate is Trump pick for education secretary 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z From her Twitter account Wednesday, DeVos linked to a website where she wrote that she had initially believed in the standards but became disenchanted with them as they “got turned into a federalized boondoggle.” Trump picks billionaire Betsy DeVos, school voucher advocate, as education secretary 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z “It would link increases in spending to reforms that streamline permitting and approvals, improve the project delivery system, and cut wasteful spending on boondoggle bridges and highways to nowhere,” they said in an Oct. Parkland, affordable housing, the Internet of Things — it’s all someone’s ‘infrastructure’ 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z "It would link increases in spending to reforms that streamline permitting and approvals, improve the project delivery system, and cut wasteful spending on boondoggle bridges and highways to nowhere," they said in an Oct. Trump's plan to spend on infrastructure leads companies to pitch their products as infrastructure 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z When both a tightfisted Congress and the government of Mexico refuse to pay for his boondoggle of a border wall? What happens when President Trump has to face reality? 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The inevitably compromised product of a decade of fraught political battles, New York’s most emotionally charged site is emerging as an unparalleled exhibition of “boondoggles”, to use that wonderful American word. 'We thought it was going to destroy us' … Herzog and De Meuron's Hamburg miracle 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z “They never saw a boondoggle they didn’t like,” he said. California farmer's measure takes on Jerry Brown's legacy 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z The Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, known as the MOX project, a South Carolina boondoggle which I have written about before, recently suffered another setback. End the Energy Boondoggle 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z GOP has been seemingly trying to woo the blacks and hispanics, in vain, but the republican party's attempts to attract the minorities may not always be a boondoggle. How Republicans Lost Their Best Shot at the Hispanic Vote 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z But the bill was highly controversial, with critics decrying it as a boondoggle giveaway for a billionaire, with public money better spent elsewhere. Nevada Lawmakers Back Sheldon Adelson’s Stadium Proposal 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z The “hot mic” scandal puts the already highly scrutinized position of debate moderator under a hot lens as millions tune in to see if Trump has been a media boon or a just a boondoggle. Has Donald Trump broken the media? 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z It is hard for me to look at these projects as anything but boondoggles until we get a responsible estimate, not drawn by those so invested in the project. Penn Station Reborn 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z We already spend $30 billion a year on border enforcement; we don’t need to spend billions more on a useless barrier fated to be a boondoggle and an eyesore. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The ACA is the boondoggle that all its critics said it would be. By One Measure, Health Care Law Is a Record Success 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z A transportation hub, designed by renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and maligned by some as a "boondoggle," finally opened this spring at a cost of $4 billion, nearly twice its original estimate. Lower Manhattan rebounds 15 years after Sept. 11 attacks 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Others see an expensive eyesore, a boondoggle that they contend will enrich private investors while burdening the state’s ratepayers and doing little to improve daily life here. The nation’s first offshore wind farm is ready to go, despite critics’ blowback 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Seattle needs a provision in its municipal code preventing public officials and special-interest groups from foisting this kind of boondoggle on us taxpayers. North police precinct: Change code to prevent boondoggles 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Hillary Clinton leaned into her plans to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans on Wednesday, denouncing Donald J. Trump’s tax proposals as a boondoggle for billionaires. Hillary Clinton Twists the Knife in Donald Trump’s Tax Proposals 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s a boondoggle — designed that way to try to placate some of the same groups that are now protesting it. Bloated police station with everything pleases no one 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Ending this government boondoggle would improve the environment as well as save money for customers at the gas pump. Preserving the prairie 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Some state legislators called for pulling the plug, adding fuel to criticisms that the project - first initiated by former Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, and British billionaire Richard Branson - was a boondoggle. Director: New Mexico spaceport positioned for next frontier 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Some state legislators called for pulling the plug, adding fuel to criticisms that the project — first initiated by former Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, and British billionaire Richard Branson — was a boondoggle. Director: New Mexico spaceport positioned for next frontier 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z Even Murray Seasongood, the posh city manager who was most responsible for its demise, didn’t seem to understand his own role in the boondoggle. The secret history of Cincinnati's ghost subway 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Now it’s a boondoggle, of a piece with the colossally bloated fire-station projects. Bloated police station with everything pleases no one 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z No. I just don’t think this take on the Suicide Squad works, and the plot makes it pretty clear that the whole thing was a boondoggle worth forgetting. A post-Suicide Squad chat: the characters are its greatest strength and weakness 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Recently we told you about the green boondoggles to be funded by the settlement, including the promotion of “Zero Emission Vehicles.” The Looting of Volkswagen 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z It was an acknowledgment of criticism, following excesses like Beijing’s starchitecture-studded 2008 spectacle, that the Olympics had become a showy indulgence for a handful of deep-coffered world cities and a boondoggle for everyone else. The Olympics Issue 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Members of Congress have described the project as more boondoggle than boon. A Model for ‘Clean Coal’ Runs Off the Tracks 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Almost everyone has a favorite example of a boondoggle. An island that feels like a sinking ship 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z May this be the beginning of the end of this insane monetary boondoggle. Brazil’s Olympic Catastrophe 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z The Purple Line project is a $5.6 billion boondoggle subsidized by federal, Maryland, Montgomery County and Prince George’s County taxpayers. It’s common knowledge that the Purple Line defies common sense 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Congress needs to keep looking, not just to apportion the blame, but to institute safeguards to make sure a boondoggle like this never, ever is allowed to happen again. 'Cover Oregon' Cover-Up 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Not in the sense of real estate boondoggles – vast complexes built prematurely, lying empty, and crumbling – though there are some of those. China’s memory manipulators | Ian Johnson 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z On the other side of that route, skeptics remain because of recent “boondoggles and vanity projects,” said Christopher Slatt, chairman of Arlington County’s Transportation Commission. Uphill Climb: Cities Push Gondolas on Skeptical Commuters 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z I have thought for a number of years that the TSA program has been a boondoggle and now it is becoming obvious. T.S.A. Replaces Security Chief as Tension Grows at Airports and Agency 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z The real culprit here are federal peanut programs with an almost 80-year record as one of Washington’s most flagrant boondoggles. A Subsidy as Shameful as They Come 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z The Obama Administration would be doing a public service by cutting off the choo-choo, which has become a costly boondoggle that Democratic politicians are too afraid to kill. California’s Bullet Train to Whenever 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z In other words, one looks like a boondoggle and the other a bubble. China’s debt bubble is getting only more dangerous 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z This bill looks like a boondoggle for grocery stores at the expense of consumers. New York Today: That Plastic Bag May Cost You 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z He can be principled–his opposition to the ethanol boondoggle in Iowa was courageous–and he does have a sense of humor, but his jokes are revealing. In Wisconsin, Trump Faltered and Palin Bombed. Why Cruz Will Struggle to Do Better 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The mistakenly inflated costs strongly suggested that this is a boondoggle. Rethinking the math on mayor’s shelter proposal 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z The boondoggle of the week award goes to the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Defense Department. DEA drug fighting plane doesn’t fly, but costs soar 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z It buys billions of dollars of U.S. weaponry, largely as a boondoggle for U.S. arms manufacturers. We are witnessing the decline of Saudi Arabia as a major power 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Many get by on bank loans, endlessly rolled over, and orders for boondoggle civil-works projects. China’s Two-Speed Economy 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Our critic writes that the first experience of the soaring Oculus “can almost — almost — make you forget what an epic boondoggle the whole thing has been.” Your Thursday Evening Briefing: Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Tom Brady 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Beck first visited Palau, about 600 miles east of the Philippines, in 1976, on what he remembered as a “boondoggle” to study the potential environmental impact on coral reefs of a proposed petroleum superport. Stuart J. Beck, American Champion of a Pacific Island Nation, Dies at 69 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The Feb. 26 editorial “The gift of looser ethics laws” confused boondoggles with valuable educational opportunities. Meetings like our group’s are opportunities for lawmakers to learn 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z It amazing the extent to which government officials go to sell security boondoggles. Apple Is Said to Be Trying to Make It Harder to Hack iPhones 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z House transportation appropriations subcommittee member Silvio Conte, one of the program’s most fervent critics, called it "the biggest boondoggle that was ever perpetrated on the American taxpayer." The road not taken 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z My guess is that Patrick J. Foye is just too embarrassed by this entrance being a boondoggle to attend the opening ceremony. New York Today: A ‘Slender Stegosaurus’ Awakes 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z “We are in the new age where taxpayer money is thrown at guaranteed to fail projects like Solyndra or USAID’s disastrous Haitian housing boondoggle on a regular basis,” he continued. Golden Hammer: Audit finds USAID workers improperly flying first class 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z To pay for it all, they recommended culling corporate boondoggles and individual tax expenditures that overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy, like farm subsidies and the mortgage interest tax deduction. Finding Common Political Ground on Poverty 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Some of the most engaged conservative voters, they said, are less willing to let slide a special tax break or earmarked boondoggle, even one benefiting their state. In 2016 Race, Local Matters Give Way to National Tone 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Some Democrats have criticized it as a “bluegrass boondoggle.” Tax Bill Includes Big Breaks for Cider Makers and Timber Companies 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z My guess is that Patrick J. Foye is just too embarrassed by this entrance being a boondoggle to attend the opening ceremony. New York Today: A ‘Slender Stegosaurus’ Awakes 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Then the public will get the chance to see whether this is indeed the transportation of the future, or just another financial boondoggle. The first Hyperloop test track will be built in Las Vegas 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The reorganizations of intelligence and homeland security were bipartisan boondoggles. Punch the lying bullies in the nose: Trump, Cruz and GOP know-nothings only win when Democrats cower — or provide an echo 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The governor should have thought of that before proposing his tunnels boondoggle. California Editorial Roundup 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z "Some of the displays funded in these contracts defy explanation as a legitimate recruiting expense and may be little more than a taxpayer-funded boondoggle," the report said. Galaxy was among teams that got U.S. funds for displays of patriotism 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z But, what looks like a populist attack on the intellectual elite turns out, on closer inspection to be a boondoggle for the propertied class. John Kasich's education reform: a win for big business wrapped in a populist shell | Ammon Allred 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z It was just not as big a boondoggle as all the wars our presidential candidates want to get us into. Hillary Clinton exposed the Benghazi boondoggle, but masked the real scandal | Megan Carpentier & Trevor Timm 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Skeptics said the deals are usually boondoggles because private investors require such high profit margins — a 12% to 15% return on capital is common — that they invariably end up costing ratepayers more. Cities and private equity firms fight over ownership of water systems 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z From its inception, we have criticized the bullet train boondoggle, which passed with just 53 percent of votes. California Editorial Roundup 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z A $200m boondoggle mouldering in the New Mexican desert, some have called it. Space travel for the 1%: VirginGalactic's $250,000 tickets haunt New Mexico town 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Professional sports stadiums are a boondoggle, and the public shouldn’t foot the bill. Why the Public Shouldn't Pay for Sports Arenas 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The whole Benghazi committee investigation and this hearing was a boondoggle. Hillary Clinton exposed the Benghazi boondoggle, but masked the real scandal | Megan Carpentier & Trevor Timm 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Upgrade to 150 mph there and forget stupidly wasting billions on boondoggles like a 40-mile maglev. Transportation solutions are easy. Paying for them is hard. 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z It would be money well spent and certainly should have a higher priority than some of the boondoggles Congress currently funds. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z Critics say the MOX project, which has ballooned far beyond original estimates, is a political boondoggle that should be shut down. Energy secretary is urged to end U.S. nuclear fuel program at Savannah River 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The Obama administration is perfecting the art of the “boondoggle” — a colorful term for a taxpayer-funded project characterized by wasteful spending, gross inefficiency, or political favoritism. ROBERT MOFFIT: Obamacare’s failed co-op plans 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Focus on any given nutrient, and the diet fabricated around it might be good, but recent history suggests it will likely be an utter boondoggle, playing only to the interests of predatory profiteers. Diet in a Taubesy-Turvy World 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Instead, it has it has become a rapidly expanding, $54 billion federal bureaucracy notorious for funding boondoggle projects. A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Yet another bribery boondoggle, this one involving Eletrobras, the country’s largest power utility company, has recently emerged. Petrobras Oil Scandal Leaves Brazilians Lamenting a Lost Dream 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Local control would mitigate the vanity projects and boondoggles that too often define federal highway spending. Mad Tax Fury Road 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The Delta provides nearly half of Silicon Valley’s water supply, and agencies such as the Santa Clara County Water District would be on the hook for a fair share of the cost of this boondoggle. California Editorial Roundup 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z It is nearly certain that most security and cryptography experts will not be complicit in this idiotic and authoritarian boondoggle. A misguided take on encryption and ‘exceptional access’ 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z He has called the project a “wasteful boondoggle” and said the state would work with leaders in Baltimore to consider other transportation options. Gov. Hogan’s decisions cause rift with Baltimore leaders 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The VA has become notorious for routine failure to provide quality medical care, and its reputation for financial boondoggles only continues to grow. Collection of recent editorials from Oklahoma newspapers 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z This would not be the first major sport-related boondoggle for Moscow. FIFA scandal highlights culture of corruption in World Cup, Olympics bidding 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z But as lawmakers examine the future of the rail system, it would behoove them to stop thinking of it as some Northeast boondoggle. GOP Amtrak Cuts Show Congress Has Become Too Fiercely Parochial 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs committee, called the hulking project a "mockery of government contracting" and an embarrassing boondoggle. Lawmakers to VA: Find another way to pay for Denver hospital 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs committee, called the hulking project a “mockery of government contracting” and an embarrassing boondoggle. Lawmakers to VA: Find another way to pay for Denver hospital 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z "He would not support additional federal funding for the California rail project, a boondoggle, the cost estimates for which have doubled since it was initially proposed." Jeb Bush's war against Florida high-speed rail shows his governing style 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z His critics on the left are calling the TPP a job-killing, big- business boondoggle aimed at satisfying K Street corporate interests. Obama shifts his pitch for the Trans-Pacific Partnership 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The first year of START-UP NY only added to the agency’s status as a boondoggle. Cuomo's START-UP NY Highlights Failures Of The Empire State Development Corporation 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z It’s an expensive gamble, for if crowds fail to materialize the enterprise could be dismissed as a boondoggle. Symphonies and Sing-Alongs 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z I wrote about this whole boondoggle of a mess in an piece titled, Kissing the Ring of King Corn. Oil Rises And The EPA Lives Up To The Law... Sorta 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z His father, Jack, headed an Illinois office of the WPA—the New Deal work-relief program that Republicans enjoyed denouncing with a new word, ''boondoggle.'' FDR at 100: Still a Controversial Figure 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney's legendary tax deduction for his horse may sound like the ultimate boondoggle of the super rich. Three tax loopholes for the merely middle class 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Those who live near Ute Reservoir fear a similar situation and see the project as a boondoggle. Federal funding in short supply for rural water projects 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Critics call it a boondoggle that’s taking money from more important transportation projects. After 18 years of study, debate, bus-only corridor opens 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Conservative groups - and some potential candidates - decry it as a boondoggle. U.S. Republican hopefuls Bush, Walker change their tune on ethanol 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Housing advocates consider the 421-a program a boondoggle that gives generous tax breaks to developers and apartment owners for too little in return. De Blasio and Developer Are Close, but Not on Lower-Cost Housing 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Even when we agree roads, schools, public safety and health need more funding, too much money still is spent on needless projects aimed at political backers, boondoggles that build up both costs and cynicism. Georgia editorial roundup 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Rep. Dina Titus, a Nevada Democrat who studied, wrote and taught about nuclear issues as a college professor before she was elected to public office, branded the Yucca Mountain project a "boondoggle of an idea." Regulators issue final volumes in Nevada nuclear dump report 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z To the political world, the mission is an unimaginative boondoggle short on vision. NASA wants to put humans on an asteroid — but Congress is skeptical 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z This massive agency created by George Bush in reaction to 9-11 is the biggest boondoggle in American government. Expansive House G.O.P. Immigration Bill Undercuts the President 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z "Everything big runs in opposition," said Brown, a Democrat who cited the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Area Rapid Transit as projects once attacked or called a boondoggle. California leaders set sights on high-speed rail construction 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Times reports, and continues to face staunch opposition from Republican lawmakers who criticize it as a fiscal boondoggle. California Breaks Ground for $68 Billion Bullet Train 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z “Let’s not forget where this whole boondoggle started in the first place. I mean, look at the information that was available to us from the beginning,” Sawant added. Stuck tunnel raises political dust-up on Seattle City Council 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z In 2003, the owner George Steinbrenner forbade Yankees executives from attending the meetings in New Orleans because he felt they would give away secrets, and he always saw the winter meetings as a boondoggle anyway. Where Baseball Is All the Buzz, General Managers Just Want Peace and Quiet 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z Bruce Cole, a member of the commission who has been critical of the spending, calls the process behind the Eisenhower memorial “the classic definition of a Washington boondoggle.” GOLDEN HAMMER: $65M sunk into stalled memorial 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Stanton, just 25, also reportedly gets a no-trade clause, normally unheard of in Marlins land, and that potentially dreaded financial boondoggle, the opt out clause, which he can exercise after five years. Struggling Marlins Pin Future On Giancarlo Stanton 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z For every pundit who said the DOE loan program was a boondoggle, will there now be an acknowledgement that Obama’s policy worked quite well? 'That's not a bad outcome' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z In the 1980s Margaret Thatcher clipped local authorities’ wings after far-left councils splurged public money on ideological boondoggles. Let them fly 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z He deploys staffers to peruse newspapers and dig through government websites to spot the tens of billions of dollars in pork, boondoggles and extravagance that have contributed to the government’s trillions of dollars of debt. Tom Coburn highlights ridiculous government spending in final Wastebook 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z In their eyes, innovation seems like a boondoggle and a logical place for cost reduction when times get tough. SAPVoice: Why You Shouldn't Have "Innovation" in Your Job Title 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z And certainly the close ties between Team Team Obama and various green boondoggles is indisputable. Democrats And Jobs: Love Them Or Hate Them? 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z In that sense, Virginians should be grateful that the environmental objections halted this boondoggle. Robert McDonnell’s other big scandal: Bum deal on U.S. 460 project cost Virginia plenty The bombs are dropping, the Tomahawk missiles are exploding, and the shiny new multi-billion-dollar boondoggle aircraft are streaking across the desert. The media’s dumb criticism ban: Why we must stop cutting government slack during war 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z Milne called the Shumlin administration’s health care policies a “boondoggle” and said it was another example of why a more moderate approach was needed. Debate shows differences in governor candidates 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z This distrust is often warranted, what with the history of unnecessary war, boondoggle projects and shake-your-head government overreach. Surrounded by a feeling of poverty amid signs of prosperity 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z For turning its diesel-emission reduction stimulus grants into an ineffective boondoggle, the EPA has earned the Golden Hammer, a weekly distinction awarded by The Washington Times for examples of government fiscal abuse and mismanagement. Golden Hammer: Obama’s grants to cut diesel emissions leave IG fuming, waste millions 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The Highway 99 tunnel tops a new list of 11 “highway boondoggles” that shouldn’t be built, in a report issued Thursday by the U.S. Seattle tunnel tops U.S. green group's ‘boondoggle' list 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z You might be temporarily improving their happiness with relentless boondoggles, but too much of a good thing and they’ll stop putting in the effort to catch the proverbial string. How To Keep Workers Happy -- It's Not What You Think 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z No wonder that the word “boondoggle” was coined in the 1930s to refer to fake jobs working for government agencies such as the WPA. Sainthood, Book Clubs and Posters: How the Department of Labor Wastes Your Money This Labor Day 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Palin, largely absent from Alaska politics in recent years, last week called the measure a success and Parnell’s bill a “boondoggle.” Alaska voters to pick oil company tax system 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Palin, largely absent from Alaska politics in recent years, on Friday called the measure a success and Parnell’s bill a “boondoggle.” Alaska voters to pick oil company tax system 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, most of these newsworthy gubernatorial disgraces and boondoggles involve complex legal issues. Scandals hiding in plain sight During his time in the state Assembly, Solorio was a champion of higher taxes and the state’s high-speed rail project, which is shaping up to be a boondoggle of historic proportions. One Race May Determine Whether Taxes Go Up By Billions In The U.S.'s Largest Economy 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Murphy noted that the GAO put the price tag for “this boondoggle” at close to $1 billion. Rep. Tim Murphy: GOP knew HealthCare.gov would be an ‘unmitigated disaster’ 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Setting up renewed bitter debate over climate policy, Shorten said the Labor party would not support Direct Action, which was a “boondoggle” constructed for “internet trolls … and right-wing shock jocks”. Tony Abbott hails demise of 'useless, destructive' carbon tax 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z “They use the word pork-barrel and they use the word boondoggle,” he once said of the critics. Robert A. Roe, New Jersey congressman, dies at 90 Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House, called the suit a “legal boondoggle doomed to fail.” Boehner Says Obama Lawsuit Will Focus on Health Law 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Its cost exceeds even such boondoggles as LIFO, which allows oil companies to report artificial inventory profits. Pretend Manufacturing in the Tax System 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Some are merely bids for fat budget allocations for boondoggles. The battle for Japan 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z It was a hard road back, especially because he now considers the occupation of Iraq “one giant boondoggle.” Veterans Watch as Gains Their Friends Died for Are Erased by Insurgents 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “The boondoggle is if you do not get it in your own state.” Robert A. Roe, New Jersey congressman, dies at 90 Now reports from the Washington Post and the Associated Press confirm one of my biggest concerns with the implementation of this boondoggle. Let's At Least Make Sure People Receiving Obamacare Subsidies Are Eligible For Them 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Most glaring of all, the Democrats seek exemptions at virtually every turn from regulations so they could build their boondoggle high-speed rail project at a lower cost. Jerry Brown, Tesla and Selective Common Sense 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z I don’t blame these people for encouraging the current situation—nobody’s more tired of war, and military boondoggles, than I am. I Condemned Mitt Romney As A Cold War Relic, And Now I Regret It 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z That is: A bunch of government spending is political boondoggles rather than investment, even if the politician proclaims that it is, in fact, investment. Obamacare and inequality: A healthy dose of redistribution 2014-01-29T17:29:55Z The stimulus quickly became a national joke, mocked by the right as a massive boondoggle and by the left as a pathetic pittance. Obama: The Stimulus Worked 2014-02-17T10:50:23Z The project was an engineering marvel and, to critics, a boondoggle that has created an environmental calamity. Putin’s Olympic Fever Dream 2014-01-22T21:14:01Z This is the same program — helping for-profit companies build a new generation of small nuclear reactors — that has been called a boondoggle by some spending watchdog groups. $1.1 Trillion Bill to Avoid Federal Shutdown Covers Many Local Interests 2014-01-15T01:53:36Z Others say it’s a boondoggle with little evidence to its credit. Tram wars! Why streetcars are back — whether you like it or not 2013-12-28T23:00:00Z "I think our committee is very frustrated," said Denham, who like many other House Republicans sees the project as a boondoggle instead of a transformative infrastructure effort touted by the Obama administration. California high-speed rail grinds on as troubles mount 2013-12-13T20:25:04Z The ramifications of that boondoggle haunt the Yankees. On Baseball: Yankees Try a New Strategy: Restraint 2013-12-06T21:05:19Z If this bill becomes law it will be a boon for government subcontractors and an enormous boondoggle for taxpayers. Why Adding 21,000 Border Patrol Is A Dysfunctional Plan That Will Waste Billions 2013-07-21T13:36:00Z Better to kill off a few boondoggles than to fire the junior faculty. DealBook: The Unseen Costs of Cutting Law School Faculty 2013-07-09T19:46:35Z Today, the only remnant of the feng shui boondoggle is a large boulder, set on the grounds of the town hall, bearing the exhortation “Serve the people.” Feng Shui Grows in China as Officials Seek Success 2013-05-11T01:52:03Z MartiWilliams Yeah...I almost got caught in this boondoggle...The pay was time and half, but the flex time was hour for hour....guess who took the money. When ‘Flex Time’ Means Ripping Off Workers 2013-05-03T09:45:33Z Indeed, the most shocking reality about Gleick’s commentary is that he ignores the blindingly obvious reason why bottled water has become a boondoggle: Americans are thirstier than they used to be. The Blindingly Obvious Truth About Bottled Water 2013-04-27T04:26:37Z Led by the Club for Growth, the groups are urging rank-and-file Republicans to buck their leadership and oppose the bill as a costly boondoggle that does not dismantle the health-care law. House GOP leadership, ‘Young Guns’ approach showdown on health vote 2013-04-24T16:04:28Z Because when it comes to building a road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, the science is clear: Alaska’s ‘Golden Gravel Road’ is an environmental disaster and fiscal boondoggle the American people can live without.” Sally Jewell’s nomination as interior secretary advances 2013-03-22T02:02:00Z I want an education and do not care about how the sports teams do, this is a typical boondoggle for the egos of others. College Sports Spending: The Real March Madness? 2013-03-22T17:05:22Z Daniel Kessler characterized the pipeline as "a boondoggle perpetuated by monied interests" whose impact on the climate would be "horrific". Can the new EPA chief stop Obama approving the Keystone XL pipeline? 2013-03-04T20:41:08Z We deserve better than a dirty energy boondoggle. RFK Jr.: Why I got arrested at the White House 2013-02-20T19:22:00Z There’s going to be a ban on boondoggles.” Panetta Warns of Dire Consequences to Military From Cuts 2013-02-06T20:13:19Z Moreover Hagel’s record of supporting unnecessary and bloated cold-war pork programs like ballistic missile defense suggests he will support the ‘pivot’ and what it implies for high-tech boondoggles. The Afghan Endgame, and Where It Will Lead 2013-01-14T21:20:29Z Now, they have reached a new low — signing a secret contract to spend more public money on their legal boondoggle without informing Democrats. Federal plaintiffs sense victory in fight against Defense of Marriage Act 2012-12-19T02:08:27Z The annual BCS boondoggle provided these fellas with nearly 100 hours of over-the-top, public anger and angst. Couch Slouch: This is the end 2012-12-16T23:33:10Z Neither wanted to be seen as favouring either tax increases or corporate boondoggles. Lexington: It’s not over for Grover 2012-11-22T16:03:01Z The last thing a team that got burned by Franklin Gutierrez and his mysterious stomach issues wants is an even larger-scale boondoggle with Hamilton. Why the Mariners won't allow the presence of Jesus Montero or John Jaso to prevent them trading for Billy Butler 2012-11-19T18:49:05Z “It is a boondoggle,” said Gabriel Sterne, a sovereign debt expert at Exotix, an investment bank based in London. Greece Looks at Offering Creditors a Buyback to Lower Its Debt 2012-11-14T23:21:29Z So that’s the first obvious problem with this idea: it’s even worse than the ethanol boondoggle. Insane Technology Watch: Making Petrol From Air 2012-10-19T14:33:08Z Add to that all the many military boondoggles – Star Wars missile defense, for one – born of best intentions and bloated budgets. The U.S. Military's Great Green Gamble Spurs Biofuel Startups 2012-09-06T15:59:43Z In the more than three years since it passed, the stimulus has been tagged as a boondoggle that exploded the debt and did precious little to turn around the country's economic malaise. Why Obama should run on the success of the stimulus 2012-08-27T17:12:49Z Mr Grunwald’s new book is the story of what was arguably the greatest boondoggle in history and the politics that surrounded it, both before and since. America and the politics of recovery: The big promise 2012-08-16T15:04:04Z He added later: “ ‘Security’ is now a catchall excuse for all sorts of authoritarianism, as well as for boondoggles and corporate profiteering.” News Analysis: Bruce Schneier, An Avatar of Digital Distrust 2012-08-11T17:59:49Z He has also criticized some of her foreign trips as boondoggles. Primary in Florida Echoes Republican Battles 2012-08-10T06:10:22Z Republicans long ago successfully pasted the president’s name on the program to deride it as a big-government boondoggle. Democrats Embrace Once Pejorative ‘Obamacare’ Tag 2012-08-04T01:29:01Z “He will allow the wind credit to expire, end the stimulus boondoggles and create a level playing field on which all sources of energy can compete on their merits.” Wind Industry Wins Senate Panel’s Support for a Tax Break 2012-08-03T02:50:29Z He said some of his predecessors were more interested in personal boondoggles than gold medals. U.S. Boxing Program Is Down but Not Out 2012-07-27T17:17:01Z Critics called the tunnels an expensive boondoggle and said there are cheaper conservation measures for the delta. California governor unveils ambitious water plan 2012-07-26T01:13:35Z An investigative commission subsequently found that the project was a $220 million boondoggle that captured little oil. The Case For (And Against) Bobby Jindal as VP 2012-07-17T19:35:32Z Democrats and Republicans expressed fear that the project could be remembered as a boondoggle passed when the state is struggling through a fiscal crisis. California Senate Narrowly Approves Rail Project 2012-07-07T00:56:40Z At the same time, Brazil preserved strong, independent management of state-backed firms, ensuring they did not become political boondoggles. The Rise of Innovative State Capitalism 2012-06-28T22:25:45Z Much easier to get the Federal Gov't to open a base, or 'invest in local infrastructure', or some such boondoggle. The future of the European Union (part 2): Don't count on a Hamiltonian moment 2012-05-28T22:36:29Z For boondoggles, an enduring standard is the old Yankee Stadium. City Room: When a New Transit Project Is Announced, Expect Delays 2012-05-24T13:23:44Z Representative Duncan Hunter, the Republican chair of a House subcommittee on education, issued a statement Tuesday blasting the grant program for "adding to the boondoggle of bureaucracy" piled atop local schools. Obama dangles $400 million to spur school change 2012-05-22T16:54:51Z And, let's face it, the more that's spent on marketing boondoggles, the less money there is for commissions. Why Sales Hates Marketing: 9 Reasons 2012-01-24T11:14:57Z Won’t it be nice when free markets guide the economy, rather than a President’s paybacks and boondoggles? Countdown to Iowa: Onward and Mittward 2011-12-28T17:50:12Z Congressional Republicans and others have been attacking various proposed rail projects as expensive boondoggles. On the Road: Pleasures Return on a Long Train Trip 2011-12-12T23:26:42Z While you are at it, take a look at the “Business Plan” for this boondoggle. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is Piling Up an Impressive Health-Reform Resume 2011-10-24T14:36:53Z Babcock released a report last week calling revenue insurance a “boondoggle.” Congress moves to create new farm subsidy; critics say it could mean large payouts for farmers 2011-11-07T09:33:54Z The repairs on the depot have coincided with an expensive, Moroun-supported ad campaign opposing the public bridge as a boondoggle. In Detroit, dreams of civic renewal collide with hard realities 2011-11-02T20:49:19Z “While there’s this amazing opportunity to avoid the wealth transfer taxes of people who died in 2010, there is tremendous family complexity and tremendous downside to this boondoggle.” Wealth Matters: More Complications for Death and Estate Taxes 2011-09-09T19:59:04Z He met me one Friday at a bar in Union Plaza, part of a warehouse-district redevelopment that was, until recently, considered a boondoggle. Life on the Line 2011-07-31T04:27:16Z Instead of pouring billions of euros into boondoggles like Berlusconi's bridge to Sicily, we need to invest in infrastructure that increases productivity. Italian debt: Austerity economics? That's dead wrong for us 2011-07-14T07:00:01Z The federal government, wary of financing boondoggle projects, has strict rules on how ridership projections are calculated. A Congressman?s Pet Project; a Railroad?s Boon 2011-06-28T03:00:59Z China’s huge investment in high-speed rail may be instructive for the United States, whether for proponents of U.S. rail investments or critics who consider bullet trains a boondoggle. High-Speed Rail Poised to Transform China 2011-06-22T16:10:18Z The problems of perception that plagued the government’s pursuit of Mr. Drake, who claimed to be a whistle-blower exposing a costly National Security Agency boondoggle, may crop up again with Mr. Kim. U.S. Pressing Its Crackdown Against Leaks 2011-06-18T01:34:43Z And even one participant in the lipid glue grant called it a "boondoggle." Panel Wants NIGMS to Stop Funding Glue Grants 2011-05-27T22:37:26Z Still, the Obama Administration is finalizing an overhaul of the rules governing water projects, a rare opportunity to steer the corps away from the eco-destructive boondoggles that have been its lifeblood for years. Who Controls the Mighty River? 2011-05-12T09:20:00Z But critics called the project a boondoggle, and Marin County filed a lawsuit last year to block the state from beginning construction. | WEST: California: New Death Row Complex Canceled 2011-04-29T01:11:42Z The report quoted a bowl official as saying some attendees requested a name change to make it sound less like a "boondoggle." N.C.A.A. Panel Members Attended Bowl-Sponsored Retreat 2011-04-25T23:32:47Z But the investigative report also notes a push by attendees that resulted in a new name — "Fiesta Bowl Spring College Football Seminars" — "to make the event sound like less of a boondoggle." Could Fiesta Bowl and Pac-12 be partners? 2011-04-05T00:09:03Z In the end, though, the state’s new governor decided not to build it at all, worried that those very drawbacks would ultimately make it a boondoggle. How Flaws Undid Obama?s Hope for High-Speed Rail in Florida 2011-03-12T02:02:44Z Many politicians had characterized the A.I.G. trip as a boondoggle and some proposed restrictions on business travel as part of the government’s financial overhaul package. Itineraries: Incentive Travel Returns From the Brink 2011-03-07T20:14:48Z “I believe high-speed rail is a federal boondoggle, as I said more than a week ago,” Mr. Scott said after the meeting. | SOUTH: Florida: Trains Get Second Chance 2011-02-26T03:03:41Z It’s been about playing golf and boondoggles in the sun. Interested in Running the Super Bowl at the New Meadowlands? Apply Now 2011-02-12T03:35:29Z The new GOP governors of Wisconsin and Ohio recently shut down projects they had denounced as boondoggles on the campaign trail, forcing the Administration to redistribute their money. Obama's Big, Bold Bet on High-Speed Rail 2011-02-09T05:45:00Z New Republican governors in Ohio and Wisconsin have already turned down federal money for new rail lines that they saw as boondoggles. News Analysis: Pitch for Rebuilding Infrastructure Carries Political Challenges 2011-01-25T02:54:14Z These legistlatively authorized commemorative commissions are political boondoggles and rarely do anything except provide sinecures for politicians and their friends. City Room: N.Y. Forgoes Civil War Remembrance 2010-12-26T22:37:21Z The project has been a boon to the contractor but a boondoggle for the city.” Payroll Project Designer Loses a Transit Contract 2010-12-22T15:45:35Z Or, as he called it, “the biggest boondoggle there is.” On a New Train Line, Sweeping Views of New Jersey?s Fractured Dreams 2010-11-22T05:55:00Z The White House deputy press secretary, Bill Burton, took issue with the Republican characterization of the high-speed train as a boondoggle. Obama Stumps for Democrats and His Economic Agenda 2010-08-17T01:00:00Z This is nothing more than a financial regulatory boondoggle. Obama signs sweeping financial overhaul into law 2010-07-21T18:19:00Z These are the same wonderful people that brought the idiotic No Child Left Behind boondoggle to education. New Supervision Rules for New Doctors 2010-06-24T19:15:00Z With midterm elections approaching, Republicans are vigorously attacking the stimulus, casting it as a boondoggle that increased deficits while failing to create private-sector jobs. Election-year deficit fears stall Obama stimulus plan 2010-06-19T04:00:00Z But if Condé Nast or a major financial company moved to 1 World Trade, it would be another step forward for a building once derided as an ill-advised boondoggle. Cond? Nast Considers Move to New Trade Center Tower 2010-05-13T18:11:00Z The binoculars boondoggle was all the buzz across clubhouses Wednesday. Phillies bullpen coach busted using binoculars 2010-05-12T20:10:00Z The tour is also working to combat the image that golf tournaments are essentially just corporate boondoggles. Magazine Preview: The Tiger Woods' Bubble 2010-03-24T16:50:00Z The impression that “every employee recognition event is a junket, a boondoggle, a waste, or that it’s for highly paid executives,” he said, was “nonsense.” Advertising: The Funny Side of What Can Go Wrong at the Big Meeting 2010-03-18T01:56:00Z Local officials frequently vie for his endorsement of their latest architectural boondoggles. Saturday Profile: Heartthrob?s Barbed Blog Challenges China?s Leaders 2010-03-13T01:46:00Z They made restrictive policies, increased taxes and increased spending on boondoggles and illegal immigrants. Jerry Brown Tells Newsweek Why He's Running Again 2010-03-08T18:48:00Z Republicans have spent the past year attacking the package as a wasteful boondoggle that created few, if any, jobs. Democratic senators say stimulus is aiding clean-energy jobs overseas 2010-03-03T20:43:00Z He knows what is boondoggling and what is not. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 And while they were boondoggling around in Litchfield, we could pick out the best workers, get rid of the incompetents, and train a few supervisors. The Cosmic Computer The United States has not embarked upon its formidable program of space exploration in order to make or perpetuate a gigantic astronautic boondoggle. The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session They made restrictive policies, increased taxes and increased spending on boondoggles and illegal immigrants. Jerry Brown Tells Newsweek Why He's Running Again 2010-03-08T18:48:00Z Walter, do you remember when the one thing in the world that made you maddest was boondoggling? U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December Framed by million-dollar views and the multimillion dollar real estate of the Silversword Golf Course, the center seems like the ultimate scientific boondoggle. Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software Walter, do you remember when the one thing in the world that made you maddest was boondoggling. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December Walter, do you remember when the one thing in the world that made you maddest was boondoggling. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December |
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