About today’s installment, Paul writes:
Claudia Roth Pierpont’s profile on Machiavelli in the latest issue of The New Yorker explores the man and his reputation. Has his reputation for cruelty been justified? What would Machiavelli have made of the current state of American politics?

More by Paul Morris: “The Wavy Rule” archive; “Arnjuice,” a wistful, funny webcomic; a smorgasbord at Flickr; and beautifully off-kilter cartoon collections for sale (and free download) at Lulu.