The Revolution We Need

It does my heart glad to read about this miniature, contested, but powerful restoration of freedom and sanity in the town of Vail, Arizona. When the school board announced that it would continue to impose masking on the hapless children of this community of 10,000 souls, the parents rose up in a rebellion described by

Two Princes

Machiavelli’s Prince is rife with recommendations that its presumably power-hungry readers employ treachery and violence to achieve their selfish ends. Amidst all the murder and mayhem, there is perhaps no more chilling passage than one in which Machiavelli explains what limits do (and do not) apply to such villainy. Cautioning princes not to render themselves