Why Karl Rove is No Machiavelli

Via  PZ Myers, who has never been to Florence but wants to go there. I have been to Florence, and I say to PZ and to all of you: Go. Go now. You will never regret it.

 

Don't believe me? Read this. It's not what you think it is from the first paragraphs, and it's not what you think it is from the middle paragraphs, and it's not even what you think it is from the near-the-end paragraphs.

 

Read it.