The declining character of society today was foreseen long ago and recorded in a place where few think to look. What are society’s shortcomings? How can we cope?
Machiavelli’s Il Principe features at times stark, emotionless evaluations and prescribes actions that grant little or no feeling of a leader toward his subjects.
There is a new optimism that the Palestinian Israeli conflict can be resolved. But can peace emerge from the thorny issues surrounding this age old conflict?