It was written by Quintus Tullius Cicero, the realistic younger brother of the great orator Marcus Cicero. Marcus followed his brother’s advice. And Marcus became consul in a landslide in 65 B.C.

Appearing in a format similar to that of another work applicable to American politics -- Harry Frankfurt’s landmark treatise On Bullshit-- the little volume called How to Win an Election: An Ancient ...

OPINION: HOW TO WIN AN ELECTION: AN ANCIENT GUIDE FOR MODERN POLITICIANS By Quintus Tullius Cicero Translated and with an introduction by Philip Freeman Princeton University Press, $9.95, 99 pages ...

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Quintus and Pomponia have quarreled, and our Cicero is much disturbed. Then they have gone up to the old family place at Arpinum, in the Volscian Mountains, and appear to be getting on better.

An amazing memo on running for high national office has just crossed my desk. It explains what you’ve known for years, that successful candidates don’t tell the truth. Instead they prom… ...