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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
The relevant section in _The Prince_ is XVIII.
Machiavelli goes on at some length about the realities of statecraft and the impossibility of keeping your word or being a good or religious person. He then talks about the importance of appearing to have these virtues.
Appearing to be religious is the most critical. That's the one that the yahoos of his day fell for too.
I don't know if Dubya ever read Machiavelli, but Carl Rove sure did.
Kuo is just saying things, finally, that anybody with half a brain has always known.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
