Friday, February 21

The United States Internal Revenue Service has cut over 6,000 jobs amid Trump's crackdown on government spending, and the layoffs are occurring in the middle of tax-filing season.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): The novel Gadsby, written by Ernest Vincent Wright in 1939, is a lipogram, which is written without a certain letter or letters. Gadsby, which is over 50,000 words, does not contain the letter "e" at all.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. (William Arthur Ward)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Flounder (verb, FLOUN-der) - To flounder is to struggle, whether that struggle is about moving or obtaining footing (as in “horses floundering through deep snow”) or about knowing what to do or say.

In a Sentence: Caught off-guard by the reporter’s question, the mayor floundered for a few moments before remembering the talking points he had rehearsed.