AS A rule, elections tend to be a referendum on the previous term. This is particularly true for those who seek executive office. Last year, when Oakland voters went to the polls, it is fair to ...

Machiavelli had little place for ethics, or for religion, in the system of his political philosophy. Aristotle had already distinguished ethics from politics but had not separated the two, whereas ...

Deceit, manipulation and… motherhood?! The latest controversial parenting book to hit the market touts the virtues of applying Machiavellian principles to parenting. A recent Wall Street Journal essay ...

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) is probably the world’s best-known political scientist. His fame is such that his name functions as an adjective to denote cunning and unscrupulous behaviour devised to ...

In the third book of the Discourses on Livy, Niccolo Machiavelli argues that republics “do not last if they do not renew themselves” by recourse to their origins, when they were at their most pure.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie claimed in a news conference Thursday (Jan. 9), "I am not a bully," denying that he was involved in a series of massive traffic jams last year, orchestrated by his top ...