The English Blog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
In an earlier post I discussed the meaning of the word 'maverick', a term often heard during the U.S election campaign. Well, this week's issue of The Economist has a letter explaining the origin of the word, which I thought...
In What Respect, Charlie? (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
The descendants of Texas cattleman, Samuel Maverick, react to Sen. John McCain branding himself a 'maverick'.
Times of India (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... standing on tree stumps. Campaigning politicians were said to be ''on the stump.'' In time, maverick American leaders were soon stumping on whistle stop tours through bellwether states hoping to ride to victory on the back of pork barrel politics. Occasionally, they would even go barnstorming, trying to win elections by gerrymandering districts (constituencies.) Maverick, the term...
