Tom McAllister

Nov 5, 2024 | americanthinker.com | Tom McAllister

The website, Dictionary.com defines kakistocracy as “a government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power.” Other sources concur, describing it as leadership by the least competent and most unscrupulous. It’s a head-scratcher, really—how do these individuals manage to fail their way upward and claim the most powerful seats in government?

Jul 4, 2024 | realcleardefense.com | Tom McAllister

Mark Twain once opined, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” A previous AT article noted that Scottish professor Alexander Tytler developed a similar observation specific to republics: throughout human history, they all follow a particular life cycle. According to his defined cycle, and barring a dramatic change in our nation’s conduct, America is soon destined for collapse.

Jul 4, 2024 | americanthinker.com | Tom McAllister

Mark Twain once opined, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.” A previous AT article noted that Scottish professor Alexander Tytler developed a similar observation specific to republics: throughout human history, they all follow a particular life cycle. According to his defined cycle, and barring a dramatic change in our nation’s conduct, America is soon destined for collapse.

May 2, 2024 | americanthinker.com | Tom McAllister

Today is the National Day of Prayer. Though its roots could be traced to colonial times when various individual settlements, colonies, and states observed days of prayer and fasting to seek guidance, repentance, and unity during times of crisis or thanksgiving, it was Harry Truman in 1952 who signed a joint resolution of Congress declaring an annual National Day of Prayer. The law was later amended in 1988 by President Reagan designating the first Thursday in May for the event.

Oct 6, 2023 | thesunmagazine.org | Cheryl Strayed |Dan Leach |David Mahaffey |Tom McAllister

As part of our ongoing celebration of the magazine’s fiftieth year in print, this month’s Dog-Eared Page is an essay previously published in The Sun. — Ed. I didn’t read “The Love of My Life,” Cheryl Strayed’s essay about grieving her mother’s death, when The Sun first published it in 2002. I was a sophomore in college — about the same age Strayed was when her mother died — and navigating my own tragedy.