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I get a daily email from a website devoted to "Words Trivia," challenging my knowledge of vocabulary. If you click that link, maybe you can sign up yourself. Here's the challenge that hit my email inbox last month, on Friday, May 22nd:
Do you already know what "kakistocracy" means - or is this blog posting going to be an opportunity for you to learn a new word? If you don't already know the right definition, here's the answer to the quiz:
"Kakistocracy" means "government by the worst." The quiz is quite timely, don't you think?
The book cover at the top of this blog posting pictures a book I have just recently read. It's a book I picked up at one of the "Little Free Libraries" that abound in my community. The book's objective, essentially, is to document, historically, the ups and downs of what might be called "good government" in the United States of America.
Jon Meacham, the author of the book, suggests that our history represents, really, a "battle for our better angels." When those "better angels" predominate, we get "good government." When they don't, we get "bad" government, including, in some extreme cases, genuine kakistocracy.
What word do you think applies to how we're doing right now?
(2) and (3) - https://www.wordstrivia.com/trivia/definitions/what-does-kakistocracy-mean/results/63a2844094143b224dcc03cd
(4) - https://www.gapatton.net/2026/06/164-we-want-to-get-along-well.html
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