John T. Scott is professor and Chair of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. His most recent book is The Routledge Guidebook to Machiavelli’s “The Prince.”
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
A Darker View of the Renaissance
A new book explores the ugly underside of the Italian Renaissance....
Poring Over “Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland”
John T. Scott samples “Single Malt: A Guide to the Whiskies of Scotland” by Clay Risen....
Was the Black Prince Black? And Other Historical Questions
What can a biographer do when their subject is elusive? John T. Scott finds out in his review of Catherine Fletcher's "The Black Prince of Florence."...
Spirited Away
Alcohol or civilization: which came first?...
Whiskey, Served Neat: A Taxonomy of American Whiskeys
WE HAVE Clay Risen’s grandfather to thank for introducing him to bourbon. It so happens my grandfather also introduced me ...
