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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We have all been forced to follow a Machiavellian leader; most of us just never realized what we were experiencing and certainly never knew how to deal with them. They can be found in every ...

The nation is teetering on the brink of chaos. A fragile political ecosystem is under intense strain, especially with the scrutiny surrounding the 2025 national budget, which is laden with accusations ...

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 ...

Sir, you are not being Machiavellian enough. There’s no point in applying Machiavellian principles to academia in isolation. You don’t want more conservative scholars per se, you want more because ...

Gartner analyst Tina Nunno takes brass knuckles to CIO politics and leadership. In her new book “The Wolf in CIO’s clothing”, she says CIOs must adopt an animal identity to survive in the IT jungle.