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The ends justifies the means.The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction guide for new princes and royals. The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival –…

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Machiavelli will explain why and how our elected political shepherds are driving us herd of sheep to World War III.

Like me, you were required to read Machiavelli when you were young and dumb, and we didn’t grasp the power of his words. Now—even though it’s already too late—consider The Prince again to understand who we really are.

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Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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