These are indeed disgusting messages for a sensible modern reader, because of which Machiavelli became a symbol of hatred and lawlessness. According to the dictionary, Machiavellian is someone ...

I find it ironic that Alexander Kwamina’s letter (“Boycott Coach Leach,” May 15) quotes Niccolo Machiavelli’s “The Prince.” “When the reasons for which a man gives his promise no ...