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Counterfactuals Archive
Exactly the Same and Completely Different
Posted on January 27, 2011 | 2 CommentsWhat would it have been like if Mitt Romney had won the 2008 election? Pretty much the same.
One Lousy Anniversary
Posted on September 11, 2010 | No CommentsHere are my thoughts nine years after the 9/11 attacks. Are we safer? Did we overreact? Have we learned and understood anything? Who knows. Here are more words.
Civilization II
Posted on July 23, 2010 | No CommentsStarting with Civ II, I began to care about history. Formal education couldn't do it, but why did this game succeed where they failed? It was fun.
Counterfactual Racial Switcheroo
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsTim Wise just wondered how Americans would respond to the very same tea party antics if the participants were African American.
A TP Counterfactual
Posted on March 31, 2010 | No CommentsEven with a president McCain, what is now called the "tea party" movement would still have coalesced. Unhappiness with the U.S. government is the more-or-less stated reason, but what's animating it beyond that?
The Iranian Game Continues
Posted on March 1, 2010 | 1 CommentI liken my interest in geopolitics to watching sports. Sadly, my stand-in for sports involves the likely outcome of a bunch of dead humans, which is a bit of a downer. This also explains why I consider the outrage about steroid use in sports so quaint.Subtracting 9/11
Posted on November 3, 2009 | No CommentsA look at what might have happened if the 9/11 attacks had been foiled.
My Homework Assignment
Posted on November 1, 2009 | No CommentsStratFor recently asked it's readers "What would be the thrust of U.S. foreign policy today if the 9/11 attacks had never occurred?" For a week, I wrote. And this blog was informally born.