# Surprise Song of the Day!
Wildly out of control… amuck When things go amuck, they are wildly out of control. Someone running amuck is showing no self-control. This is a word that has to do with chaos and disorder. A riot is an example of people running amuck. In a cafeteria, if people are yelling and throwing food, they are…
Welcome back. I don’t know if this is going to be run as a special, or as my normal weekly column, but I felt this was important enough to share with you all. I originally created this as an answer to a comment on my Facebook page. It however is liable to get…
The wielding of power through cruelty and terror… despotism Despotism is a way of ruling in which the leader has total, unchecked power. Joseph Stalin purged the Soviet Union of all his opponents in order to rule the country through despotism. He didn’t have many friends. Despotism can also describe tyranny, the wielding of power…