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 ...

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.

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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.